Adjectival Clauses

Adjectival clauses

-are another class of modifiers that you can add to a noun or pronoun

-also considered as dependent clauses

- have a subject and predicate, but cannot stand alone as a sentence

Study the following sentences:

1. But is it not the sound of disarray that has awakened him?

2. Suddenly, he remembers something which upsets him.

Relative pronouns such as: which, that, who, whose, and whom introduce the adjectival clause.

Other examples:

1. Mangiring whose wife is in the kitchen has just awakened from his nap.

2. Thinking about his uncle whom he has not seen for years made Mangiring uneasy.

Relative adverbs such as: after, before, when, or where are also used to introduce adjectival clause.

Examples:

1. The house where Mangiring and Mona live is at the end of an alley.

2. Mangiring washed his new pants the day before he was to visit his Uncle.