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EXAMPLES OF ADJECTIVE CLAUSES

You should have read the theory on adjective clauses (see COMPLEX SENTENCES WITH ADJECTIVE CLAUSES) before you read them below so that you can understand them comprehensively. The words in bold type below are adjective clauses.

  • The old man who married the young woman, and who wanted us to take his pictures in his wedding party died for heart attack the day after his marriage. 

  • The couple who dated for six years, who broke up for six months, and who dated again for six years finally got married, and to my surprise, they divorced after they had been married for six days.

  • The man who called on you last week, who called at my office yesterday, and who called your secretary this morning is here for an interview. 

  • Susan, who was 17 years old, and who was the flower of our village, was married to Mr Blog, who was 71.

  • The woman with whom he fell in love left him after a few days.
  • (= The woman whom he fell in love with left him after a few days)
    (= The woman he fell in love with left him after a few days)

  • The man to whom she is married has been married eight times before. 
  • (= The man whom she is married to has been married eight times before)
    (= The man she is married to has been married eight times before)

  • Look! The professor is looking for his spectacles that he is wearing.
  • (= Look! The professor is looking for his spectacles which he is wearing)
    (= Look! The professor is looking for his spectacles he is wearing)

  • The doves that I sold yesterday has returned.
  • (= The doves which I sold yesterday has returned)
    (= The doves I sold yesterday has returned)

  • The computer that was put in Room 1, and that was stolen after a year has been returned. 
  • (= The computer which was put in Room 1, and which was stolen after a year has been returned)

  • The flash disk that was lost in the lab, that was turned into lost and found, and that was returned to the teacher is now on your desk. 
  • (= The flash disk which was lost in the lab, which was turned into lost and found, and which was returned to the teacher is now on your desk)

  • Two thousands and nine was the year when I was fired, because I ignored my employer's reprimand not to bring my beloved pet, a snake, to work.

  • When the four-year-old child missed his beloved parents, he could only come and sit alone at the lake bank very long, crying and looking sadly at the still water of the deep lake which used to be a village where they all used to live together peacefully. Nobody knows the reason why God made them depart with each other for ever.
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