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Adjective Clauses Explanation and Practice What is an Adjective? An Adjective describes a noun. Remember nouns can either be subjects, objects or objects of prepositions. Which words are adjectives? unkind fast value careless silently old Which words are adjectives? What is an Adjective Clause? An Adjective clause is a dependent clause (dependent word + subject and verb) that describes a noun. You can imagine that an adjective clause is taking two sentences about the same noun and making them into one sentence. What is an Adjective Clause? Examples: Route 66 is a long road. This road goes from Chicago to California. Route 66 is a long road that goes from Chicago to California. The postcard shows a beautiful vista of the Grecian coastline. I bought the postcard. The postcard which I bought shows a beautiful vista of the Grecian coastline. Subject Relative Pronouns We use relative pronouns to create dependent clauses. The relative pronoun replaces the word in common between the two sentences. Sometimes, the relative pronoun will be the subject of the dependent clause. Subject Relative Pronouns Subject Relative Pronouns People: Who or That Things or Animals: Which or That Possessive: Whose Examples: Route 66 is a long road which goes from Chicago to California. Examples: The postcard shows a beautiful vista of the Grecian coastline. I bought the postcard. The postcard which I bought shows a beautiful vista of the Grecian coastline. Object Relative Pronouns Sometimes, the relative pronoun will replace the object in the dependent clause or the object of a preposition. To connect this type of clause, the relative pronoun must be moved to the front of the clause – in front of the subject. Object Relative Pronouns People: Whom, Who or That Things or Animals: Which or That Possessive: Whose Things to Remember The relative pronoun replaces the noun – don’t use it and the noun in the dependent clause. Example: The postcard is prett