Skill 12: USE ADJECTIVE CLAUSE CONNECTOR/SUBJECTS CORRECTLY
Here we will see that in some cases an adjective clause connector is not just a connector; an adjective clause connector can also be the subject of the clause at the same time.
The woman is filling the glass that is on the table.
“that is on the table” is ADJECTIVE CLAUSE
The glass that is on the table contains milk.
“that is on the table” ADJECTIVE CLAUSE
In the first example there are two clauses: “woman” is the subject of the verb “is filling”, and “that” is the subject of the verb “is”. These two clauses are joined with the connector “that”. Notice that in this example the word “that” serves two functions at the same time: it is the subject of the verb “is”, and it is the connector that joins the two clauses. The adjective clause “that is on the table” describes the noun “glass”.
In the second example, there are also two clauses: “glass” is the subject of the verb “contains”, and “that” is the subject of the verb “is”. In this example “that” also serves two functions: it is the subject of the verb “is”, and it is the connector that joins the two clauses. Because “that is on the table” is an adjective clause describing the noun “glass”, it directly follows “glass”.
Example:
_____ is on the table has four sections.
A. The notebook
B. The notebook which
C. Because the notebook
D. In the notebook
Answer:
In this example you should notice immediately that the sentence has two verbs, “is” and “has”, and each of them needs “a subject”. You know that “table” is not a subject because it follows the preposition “on”; “table” is the object of the preposition. The only answer that has two subjects is answer (B), so answer (B) is the correct answer. The correct sentence should say: “The notebook which is on the table has four sections”. In this sentence “notebook” is the subject of the verb “has”, and “which” is the subject of the verb “is”. Which is also the connector that joins the two clauses.
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