Adjective Clauses

Identify the adjective clause.

I'll never forget the moment when I first met your dad.

• I'll never forget the moment

• when I first met your dad

Identify the adjective clause.

Anyone who wants to volunteer is welcome to come.

• Anyone who wants

• who wants to volunteer

• is welcome to come

Identify the adjective clause.

The apartment building has ten floors and no elevators, which will be a challenge for me.

• The apartment building

• has ten floors and no elevators

• which will be a challenge for me

Identify what the underlined word is.

I spoke with a couple whose son created a popular social media app.

• relative pronoun

• relative adverb

Identify what the underlined word is.

The building where he lives is very old.

• relative pronoun

• relative adverb

Another name of adjective clauses is relative clauses.

• true

• false

The adjective clause is underlined. What word does it modify?

In our village, there are many people who don't have much money.

• village

• people

• money

The adjective clause is underlined. What word does it modify?

At the airport, I was waiting for some relatives whom I had never met before.

• airport

• relatives

• whom

Sometimes a relative pronoun can be left out of the adjective clause. But the missing word is understood and still functions in the sentence. What word could we use in this sentence?

The movie ___ we saw last night wasn't very good.

• whose

• where

• who

• that

Sometimes a relative pronoun can be left out of the adjective clause. But the missing word is understood and still functions in the sentence. What word could we use in this sentence?

The man ___ I saw was Mr. Jones.

• whom

• which

• whose

• when