Adjective Clauses with Subject Relative Pronouns

Adjective clauses

with subject relative pronouns

who & that

Adjective clauses ​identify or describe people or things.

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Introduce adjective clauses about people with the relative pronouns who and that.

A mariachi singer is someone who (or that) sings traditional Mexican music.

Carnaval is a great holiday for people who (or that) like parades.

Thanksgiving is a celebration that takes place in November.

The parade that commemorates Bastille Day is very exciting.​

Look at these sentences with adjective clauses.​

Multiple Choice

Which relative pronouns are used to describe people?

• who

• that

• who or that

​Introduce adjective clauses about people with the relative pronouns who and that.

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• ​A mariachi singer is someone who (or that) sings traditional Mexican music.

• Carnaval is a great holiday for people who (or that) like parades.

• ​​Families who (or that) want to watch the fireworks go to the park

A mariachi singer is someone who (or that) sings traditional Mexican music.

Carnaval is a great holiday for people who (or that) like parades.

Thanksgiving is a celebration that takes place in November.

The parade that commemorates Bastille Day is very exciting.​

Look at these sentences with adjective clauses.​

Multiple Choice

Which relative pronouns are used to describe things?

• who

• that

• who or that

Use that, not who, for​ adjective clauses that describe things

• Thanksgiving is a celebration that takes place in November.

• The parade that commemorates Bastille Day is very exciting.​​

Write the adjective clauses and relative pronoun or the ​noun/pronoun it describes