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Practice Time 2

Underline the adverb clauses in the following sentences and state their kind.
1. The keys are not where I usually keep them. _______________
2. Akbar became a king when he was sixteen.

3. I think bungee jumping to be dangerous if you don’t have trained
supervisors. _______________
4. Tea is cultivated wherever there are hills that receive good rainfall. _______________
5. As he was not there, I left a message with his mother. _______________

Adjective Clause

An adjective clause is a group of words which contains a subject and a predicate of its
own. It is a dependent (or subordinate) clause which modifies a noun and functions as
an adjective. It usually begins with a relative pronoun which, that, who, whom or whose.
It can also begin with a relative adverb where, when or why.
For example:

She has a scarf which is made of silk.
O
Students who are lazy can never do well.
O
The book which is written by Dickens tells the story of Oliver.
O
Shanay, whose father is in the navy, has been to many countries.
O
In the above sentences, all the highlighted groups of words are adjective clauses.

Practice Time 3

Underline the adjective clauses in the following sentences and circle the nouns/pronouns they
modify.
1. The girl who was declared all-rounder is my cousin.
2. My brother who has settled in Canada is a well-known geologist there.

3. This is the same rumour that has been doing the rounds these days.
4. There is a small house in Darjeeling that was the house of Tenzing Norgay.

5. The house that you see over there is hundred years old.
More about Relative Clauses

Relative clauses are of two types.
Defining relative clause
O Clauses
Non-defining relative clause
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Defining Relative Clause
A defining relative clause gives essential information to define or identify the person or
thing we are talking about. It consists of a relative pronoun (who, whom, which, whoever,
whomever, whichever or that), a verb, and a subject or object of a verb. For example:

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