EF6 July 20

 

Sorry everyone. I only have the adjective clause work from today.

Al

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Adjective clauses

 

Sentence types:

SIMPLE

COMPOUND

COMPLEX  -adverb clauses

                     -noun clauses

                     -adjective clauses

 

adjective – more indepth, more detailed

 

start basic and then go deeper

 

adjectives – describes a noun

the red hat adjective

adjective – opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, purpose

ORDER OF ADJECTIVES: opinion, size, age, shape, colour, 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.

 

adjectives – good for simple ideas

 

more complicated, in-depth description – use adjective clause

 

Three most common pronouns for adjective clauses: who that which.

 

Other less commonly used pronouns for adjective clauses: whom, where, whose

 

FOCUS ON HIGH FREQUENCY USAGE: who that which

 

who – used for people, any people, sounds nice, sounds polite and respectful

 

that- things that are not alive, animals, people ( sounds a little respectful, you don’t that person)

 

which- special things (to you), unique things

 

 

What a beautiful baby!

Oh. Lovely!

Which child is yours?

Is that your son? -sounds ok

 

Looks just like you!

 

who- people

My neighbour who is very elderly does not like my son to play in the backyard.

who is very elderly adj cl

 

elderly – elder, senior, aged (Biblical), older, old, senior citizen

My dad is getting older. He is older now. He is 79.

 

impolite- one foot in the grave, on his last legs, knocking on Heaven’s door, on his deathbed, long in the tooth,  ready to give up the ghost

 

Sometimes people who are very elderly start to worry about going to heaven. They start going to church and praying and reading Holy books.

“They are cramming for the final.”

‘cramming for the final’ - studying all night before a big test

cram- study hard in a short period of time

‘cram schools’ – Japan, school that promote intense studying for a exam

 

Jun’s sister who lives in Spain is a nurse.

 

COMMON ERROR: Jun’s sister who lives in Spain.  frag, not a complete sentence

In a sentence with an adjective clause, you have to say two things.

Jun’s sister who lives in Spain is a nurse. 1 2

 

 

that – animals, things, people we don’t like

Marta has a dog who that has cute floppy ears. ‘who’ sounds strange for animals

Shirin got a new phone that has a seven-inch screen.

I met the guy that Joanne is seeing now. He was really rude.

The guy that my sister married is a bit of a clown.

The guy that my sister married is coming over for a visit. -secret message- don’t like him much-

The guy who my sister married is coming over for a visit. – secret message- like him-

 

The guy who my sister married is really good fellow.

 

SOURCE OF CONFUSION ‘that’ is used in noun clauses and adjective clauses

 

which – special things, unique things

 

I have a silver ring which my son gave me. a special thing to me

She is wearing the jade necklace which her grandmother gave to her.

She is wearing the jade necklace that her grandmother gave to her. (sounds like a regular necklace, not special)

Clara put the picture which her son painted for her up on the fridge.

 

Beijing, which is the capital of China, is a huge city. unique

Marta visited the Eiffel Tower that is in Paris. XXX

Marta visited the Eiffel Tower, which is in Paris.

 

A brief introduction to adjective clauses: who that which

We will go deeper tomorrow.

 

Let’s get some examples in Chat:

1.    His house, which is located in North Vancouver, is very expensive.

2.    I came to Vancouver, which is the best city to live in the world.

3.    I would like to visit my grandmother who will turn 100 years old.

4.    My son who is 12 loves to play with lego.

5.    My friend who is very beautiful is a fashion icon.

6.    I do not like crafts which I have to do at work.

7.    Her dog that has a long tail is brown.

8.    I visit my mothe who lives in Ottawa.

9.    I went to the aquarium which is in Stanley park.

10.                       I have to visit my best friend who played with me since I was a seven-year-old.

She is seven years old.

She is a seven-year-old. (noun)

 

11.                       The girl who is wearing the red shirt is my little sister.

12.                       My daughter who is playing the violin decided to study more music.

13.                       I love the ring which my husband gave me on my birthday.

14.                       Joe bought a new laptop that cost $2000.

15.                       The girl who is standing in the corner is my classmate.

16.                       My friend visited the park which is close to my home.

17.                       I have a lot of apples that my mother gave me yesterday.

18.                       My boss who is very polite resigned yesterday.

19.                       I went to the aquarium which is in Stanley park.

20.                       James wore a fine black tux which his dad gave him.

 

We will continue with this tomorrow.

I will email some more in-depth instruction on adjective clauses. You can explore it if you wish.