Identify The Adjective Clauses
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Identify the adjective clauses in the following sentences. Remember that these clauses begin with relative pronouns that refer to an antecedent-noun. Thus, we say that the antecedent-noun is modified by the adjective clause.
- 1.Doctors who study the nervous system are called neurologists.
- A.
Are called neurologists
- B.
The nervous system are called neurologists
- C.
Doctors who study the nervous system
- D.
Who study the nervous system
- 2.Some of the dinosaurs that existed 120 million years ago weighed over five tons.
- A.
Some of the dinosaurs
- B.
That existed 120 million years ago
- C.
Weighed over five tons
- D.
Some of the dinosaurs that existed 120 million years ago
- 3.Can any country whose resources are limited afford the luxury of being wasteful?
- A.
Any country whose resources are limited
- B.
Whose resources are limited
- C.
Afford the luxury of being wasteful
- D.
Can any country whose resources are limited
- 4.The author whom we have been studying wrote under a pen name.
- A.
Whom we have been studying
- B.
The author wrote under a pen name
- C.
The author whom we have been studying
- D.
We have been studying wrote under a pen name
- 5.With the telescope Galileo studied the Milky Way and discovered a fact that startled many people: the Milky Way is made up of millions of stars.
- A.
With the telescope
- B.
The Milky way is made up of millions of stars
- C.
Galileo studied the Milky Way and discovered a fact
- D.
That startled many people
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