Sentence Complexity and Embedding

Adjective Clauses

Activity 16.1: Identifying the Forms of Noun Modifiers

Exercise 1 – Look at the following sentences and underline the parts of the sentences that directly answer the questions asked.

A. Which man won the race?

1. The tall man won the race. Adjective
2. The man on the left won the race. Prepositional phrase
3. The man who didn’t fall down won the race. Adjective Clause

B. What was the room like?

1. The hot room made me dizzy. Adjective
2. The room with southern windows made me dizzy. Prepositional Phrase
3. The room which had southern windows made me dizzy. Adjective clause

Now look back at the parts of the sentences that you underlined and identify the grammatical form of each, writing the label in the space provided.

Adjective Clause 1