EF34 adjective clauses

 EF34

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 11:00.

 

This week:

-adjective clauses

-verb tense

-sentence combining

-persuasive writing

 

 

Today’s agenda:

 

·      Test#3- process paragraph

·      Review causative verbs for HW

·      Begin adjective clauses – last kind of clause

·      continue verb tenses- present perfect continuous

 

 

listless (adj) – low energy,

My other class was listless.

 

It is breezy out.

There is a stiff wind. – strong wind

 

 

Test#3

Write a process paragraph (100-150 ww) on one of the following topics.

Submit to me by 12:15.

1.    How to Cook Your Favourite Dish

2.    How to Get Good at English for Newcomers to Canada

 

Break until 12:20.

Adjective Clauses

 

Sentence types:

SIMPLE   SV  SSV   SVV   SSVV   Imperatives   Interrogative

 

COMPOUND   SV, SOBA SV.   SV, FANBOYS SV.

 

COMPLEX  -adverb clauses

                     -noun clauses

                     -adjective clauses (Final kind of clause)

 

 

adjectives – describes a noun

the red hat adjective

 

adjective –

ORDER OF ADJECTIVES: opinion, size, age, shape, colour, material, origin, purpose

 

The beautiful small new round lime-green Martian flying machine is right there. TOO MANY ADJECTIVES – PICK 2-3

 

My grandmother broke her gorgeous sky-blue English teapot.

Mariam bought a warm purple wool/woolen sweater.

Mariam bought a warm wool purple sweater. XXX

Mariam bought a purple wool warm sweater. XXX

 

Try some on your own:

1.    We had delicious Chinese dimsum.

2.    Marian bought some golden Canadian maple syrop.

3.    You have a clear plastic water bottle.

4.    Mei likes her new blue silk gloves.

 

 

 

adjectives – good for simple ideas

For more compicated ideas- need an adjective clause

 

An adjective clause tells us about a noun just like an adjective does.  Adjective clauses have subject and a verb.

Adjective clauses usually use these three words: who, that, which.

There are othe words: whom whose where – not used often

NOTE: ‘whom’ very rarely used, for get about ‘whom’

Writing a letter: To whom it may concern,

To whom concern, XXX

To concern who is, XXX

Are you concerning who is what this, XXX

 

To whom it may concern,

 

*‘who’ is used for people, all people, sounds polite

* ‘that’ is used for things, things are not alive, animals, EXTRA: people who we don’t like (sounds unfriendly)

* ‘which’ is used for special things (special to you), unique things (only one)

 

- Examples with ‘who’

Mei’s sister who is a nurse lives in Burnaby. adj cl

2 pieces of information

My neighbour who is very elderly is not very friendly. COMPLEX adj cl

My sister who is not married lives with me.

 

Examples with ‘that’

The dog that is running in the park is very fast.

She has a cellphone that cost $1000.

The napkins that we bought from Superstore were very expensive.

The book that I have been reading is very interesting.

 

Examples with ‘which’

special

I have these headphones which my brother gave me.

I have this ticket which that the policeman gave me.

I like this violet sweater which my good friend bought for me.

I like this shirt that/which I bought at Costco.

I like this shirt that/which my grandmother sewed for me.

 

unique

Tokyo, which is the capital of Japan, is an amazingly fun city.

Mexico City, which has a population of 9 million, is built on a volcano.

The hospital which that I was born in was rebuilt.