Adjective Clauses

In this video, you are going to learn about adjective clauses.

Get a clear answer to the question, "What is a relative clause?" An adjective clause, which is also called a relative clause, is used within a sentence to provide essential and non-essential information to the reader. View several adjective clause examples using them in sentences.

What Is an Adjective Clause?

An adjective clause, or relative clause, is a type of dependent clause that works to describe a noun in a sentence. It functions as an adjective even though it is made up of a group of words instead of just one word. In the case of an adjective clause, all the words work together to modify the noun or pronoun.

 Examples of Adjective Clauses

• The flowers that we picked up last week have died.
• My friend, who has glasses, wasn't at school today.
• The boy, who claimed to have a broken arm, caught the ball.

Adjective clauses begin with a relative pronoun, which connects them to the word they describe. Relative pronouns include the words that, where, when, who, whom, whose, which and why.

Each of the adjective clauses begins with a relative pronoun. This connects it to the noun being described, which comes directly before the relative pronoun in the sentence.