Author:
Sharon Tjaden-Glass
Subject:
Language Education (ESL), Composition and Rhetoric, Language, Grammar and Vocabulary
Material Type:
Lesson
Level:
Community College / Lower Division
Tags:
  • Adjective Clauses
  • Grammar
  • Identifying Adjective Clauses
  • Non-identifying Adjective Clauses
  • Relative Clauses
  • Relative Pronouns
  • License:
    Creative Commons Attribution
    Language:
    English
    Media Formats:
    Downloadable docs

    Purpose and Function of Adjective Clauses

    Purpose and Function of Adjective Clauses

    Overview

    Overview of the Modules

    Introduction: Purpose and Function of Adjective Clauses

    • Why should I care about adjective clauses?
    • What do adjective clauses do?
    • What do adjective clauses look like?
    • Adjective clauses vs. Noun clauses vs. Adverb clauses
    • Authentic English Analysis

    About Relative Pronouns

    • Combining Two Sentences with an Adjective Clause
    • List of Relative Pronouns
    • Relative Pronouns: Subject or Object of the Adjective Clause?
    • Identifying vs. Non-Identifying Adjective Clauses
    • Relative Pronouns: Object of a Preposition
    • Who vs. Whom?

    Less Common Relative Pronouns

    • Whose vs. Who's
    • When, Where, and Why as Relative Pronouns

    Common Problems with Adjective Clauses

    Purpose and Function of Adjective Clauses

    Below is a Power Point presentation that introduces the purpose and function of adjective clauses for CEFR B1 learners.