LESSON
GRAMMAR
Adjective clauses
STUDY
Adjective Clauses
I picked up the papers
that fell off the desk
.
Is that the man
who came to the party
?
The woman
that works in the Dean’s Office
is very nice.
The book
(that) he wrote
is very interesting.
The woman
(who) we saw at the reception
is here.
Where is the professor
(that) you introduced me to
last year?
PRACTICE
A
Complete the paragraph with
who
,
that
, or
∅
. Use
∅
if the
relative pronoun can be omitted.
Administrative assistants are people (1)
who (that)
work in an office helping a manager. They often solve
problems (2)
the manager doesn’t have
time for. The job duties (3)
they have
can vary. They usually deal with any correspondence
(4)
comes in for the manager. They’re usually
the ones (5)
answer the phone for the manager, too.
B
On a separate piece of paper, combine the underlined pairs of sentences into one.
Make the second sentence an adjective clause.
Do you have trouble remembering people’s names? Here are tips. They can help
you remember names. Repeat the names. People tell you the names. Asking people
to spell their names for you will also help. Now imagine you see a man. You have
met him before. You can’t remember his name. Try introducing yourself first. He’ll
probably tell you his name, too. In a formal situation, people may have business
cards. The business cards will tell you the name. When you say goodbye, ask the
person for a card.
Here are tips that can help you remember names.
PAIRS
Write 8 “mystery sentences” about familiar people and things.
Use 4 relative pronouns as subjects and 4 relative pronouns as objects.
Meet with another pair and see if they can guess the answers.
This is the holiday that falls on a Monday in May.
This is the politician everyone was talking about last week.
Relative Pronouns as Subject
Relative Pronouns as Object
WHAT ABOUT YOU?
5
●
Use
who
or
that
to
introduce adjective clauses
about people. Use
that
to
introduce adjective clauses
about things.
●
We often omit object
relative pronouns,
especially in speaking.
Grammar Note
UNIT 6
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