ENGLISH BUSSINESS
ADJECTIVE CLAUSE
Compiled by:
ALVITA FABIOLA APRILIA (2021664)
ANDHIKA (20216761)
IRMA LAURA SIREGAR (28216225)
GUNADARMA UNIVERSITY
2018
WHAT
IS AN ADJECTIVE CLAUSE ?
Adjective Clause is used as dependent clauses to
modify nouns, that adjective clause does what adjective do to nouns.
The word of Adjective has another meaning as Swan
(1998:15) said,”Adjective is used to describe people, events, etc. adjective is
also used in connection with nouns and pronouns. It is clear that adjective
modifies nouns of pronouns.its most usual position is before the noun or
pronoun it modifies, but it also fills other position as well.”
Not only adjective word has a special meaning, but
also ‘clause’ has a special meaning, too. Clause can be a component of a
complex sentence with its own subject and predicate. It means that clause has a
subject and predicate. Both clauses and sentences have the same basic
characteristic, but it doesn’t mean the two of them don’t have differences. A
sentence may consists more clauses, however, the clause itself cannot any
sentence. A sentence may stand itself, but clause can’t stand by itself.
Adjective Clause describes the preceeding nouns in
such ways to distinguish it from other noun in the same class. Quoted by Frank
(1972:279) in an adjective clause full of subject and predicate which is
changed by means of special introductory word subordinate the adjective clause
a main clause.
WHAT
IS THE FUNCTION OF ADJECTIVE CLAUSE ?
Quoted
by Hartono (1987:9) says that adjective clause is used to modifya noun or
pronoun. Adjective clauses are dependent clauses
that consists of a relative pronoun followed by a clause and that perform
adjective clause. These are four function of adjective clause:
1.
Adjective
Clause as Noun Phrase Modifiers.
The first grammatical function that adjective clauses
perform is the noun phrase modifier. A noun
phrase modifier is a word, phrase, or clause that modifies or describes a noun
including a pronoun or a noun phrase. For example:
·
King Ragnar is
the king who died in the war.
·
The song you sang yesterday sounds nice.
·
The shoes that you ordered will be arriving this
afternoon.
2. Adjective
Clause as Verb Phrase Modifiers.
A verb phrase modifier is a word, phrase, or clause that
modifies or describes a verb phrase. Adjective clauses modify only verb
phrases in the form of present participles performing nominal functions.
Only which adjective clauses function as verb phrase modifiers.
For example:
·
Travelling, which is one of my favourite hobby makes
me feel alive.
·
I’d love watching
History channel, which shows the
historical movies and series.
·
I am taking care my
garden, which I always do in the morning.
3.
Adjective Clause as Prepositional
Phrase Modifiers.
A prepositional phrase modifier is a word, phrase, or
clause that modifies or describes a prepositional phrase. Adjective
clauses modify only prepositional phrases performing nominal functions.
Only which adjective clauses function as prepositional
phrase modifiers. For example:
·
In my bedroom, where I write poems every single night.
·
Behind my backyard, which no lights, my sister screamed.
·
Between seven and
nine, which daddy will come home after
working.
4.
Adjective Clause as
Noun Clause Modifiers.
A noun
clause modifier is a word, phrase, or clause that modifies or describes a noun clause.
Only which adjective clauses function as noun clause
modifiers. For Example:
·
That she worked hard for the whole term, which still amazes me, pleased her parents.
·
For you to not graduate from college now, which would be such as shame, is out of the question.
ADJECTIVE
CLAUSE FORMULA
An adjective
clause will meet three requirements, there are:
- First, it will
contain a subject and verb.
- Next, it will begin with a relative
pronoun [who, whom, whose, that,
or which]
or a relative adverb [when, where,
or why].
- Finally, it will function as an adjective,
answering the questions What kind?How many? or Which
one?
The adjective
clause will follow one of these two patterns:
Relative
Pronoun or Adverb + Subject + Verb
Relative
Pronoun as Subject + Verb
There are
examples for adjective pronouns:
·
We bought the streo that had been at a reduced price
·
The man who is in this room is kind
·
Savira is the girl whom I don’t like in the class
·
My car, which is very large, uses too much gasoline
Now, let’s have some practice!
I.
Change these sentences into adjective clause!
1.
Q: Samuel got a new car. It is expensive.
A: Samuel got
a new car that is expensive.
2.
Q: The students forget to do homeworks. In English class.
A: The
students forget to do homeworks which are in English class.
3.
Q: I met a guy last night. Ahmed is a guy
A: Ahmed is a
guy whom I met last night.
4.
Q: Kensha bought a camera. The camera has three lenses.
A: Kensha
bought a camera which has three lenses.
5.
Q: This is a book. I have been looking for this book.
A: This is a
book that I’ve been looking for.
6.
Q: I met Maria. Maria and I met in church.
A: I met
Maria where we were in church.
7.
Q: Annie is the woman. Annie is going to Scotland next month.
A: Annie is
the woman whose going to Scotland next month.
8.
Q: Leo will celebrate his birthday. His birthday is on 7th of
July.
A: Leo will
celebrate his birthday which is on July 7th.
II.
Fill in the blank!
1.
Dr. James is the only doctor whom I have seen in the hospital.
2.
Hurricanes that are born off the coast of Africa
often prove to be the most deadly.
3.
This is the book thatI bought in the bookstore.
4.
The dentist is with a child whose teeth are causing some problems.
5.
The girl whom I talked to last night is Cindy.
6.
The government makes a new regulation for riding a bike which is reduce the infaction.
7.
I live in apartment that have a small room to relax.
8.
We saw the woman at grocery who lives next door to us.
III.
Combine the following individual sentences!
1.
Q: The last record (the record was produced by this company) became a
gold record.
A: The last
record that was produced by this company became a gold record.
2.
Q: Checking accounts (the checking accounts require a minimum balance)
are very common now.
A: Checking
accounts that require a minimum balance are very common now.
3.
Q: This book (I found the book last week) contains some useful
information.
A: This book
which I found last week contains some useful information.
4.
Q: The professor (you spoke to the professor yesterday) is not here
today.
A: The professor who you spoke
yesterday is not here today.
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