10 examples of adjective clause
Adjective phrase or adjective clause functions as adjective to modify noun or noun phrase in a sentence. Clause is a part of sentence which consists of a noun or pronoun and a verb. Adjective clause is a dependent clause of a sentence which acts like an adjective. Adjective clause is a relative clause which modifies other noun and pronoun in a sentence. An adjective clause can be started with a relative pronoun, relative adjective and relative adverb to describe the subordinate clause. This adjective clause refers to other noun, pronoun and other parts of the previous sentence or main clause. Students will understand more about adjective clause from its rules and examples.
Adjective clause works exactly like adjective to modify noun or pronoun. This clause will always be the dependent clause which will follow the subject or object in a sentence. Adjective clause starts with relative pronoun like who, which, that, whose etc. and comes just after the noun or noun phrase that it modifies. This clause is followed by a noun or verb. If the relative pronoun is followed by a noun, pronoun and noun phrase then there should be a verb as well. If a verb follows a relative pronoun then there will be an adjective to follow it.
Examples:
- My friend who shifted to new city after college, came to meet me.
- The person who is waiting in the hall, has come to meet you.
- My mother loved the saree that I bought from Chennai.
- The child whose parents died, was adopted by a kind uncle.
- I do not know what to do with the paper bags that I bought from market.
- Daisy, the girl who spoke fluently got second prize.
- The project, that I worked for one year has been completed now.
- The children, who belong to this family, are very decent.
- The shirt, that I bought last month, gave to my brother.
- The kid, who came here earlier, wants to play with you.
All the highlighted parts from the above sentences are examples of adjective clause.