Adjective Clause

Model paragraph

Psychologists who are interested in work tell us that vacation are an essential part of life. Workers return to their job feeling more relaxed and energetic. It is interesting that different people take such different kinds of vacations. There are some people who like very quite, relaxing vacation while others prefer more activity and spend their outdoors attract many vacationers. But large cities which have interesting shops, restaurants, museums, and nightclub are the choice any individuals. Then there are always people who would rather not take vacations at all. They take work with them when they go on vacation and can not wait to get back to the office.

An adjective clause modifies a noun or other substantive, it can be connected to the substantive in two way:

1. By a relative pronoun ( who, whose, whom, which, that)

2. By a relative pronouns ( such as where, when, and why) the relative pronouns who, whom, whose, that, and why are used when the noun is a person, that and which are used for animals or things. Use where for a place, when for time, why for a reason.

Examples:

Using who, whom, that, in adjective clauses

- (The man is friendly. He lives next to me.)

- The man who/that lives next to me is friendly.

- (the man was friendly. I met him yesterday.)

- The man who met was friendly.

Using whose in adjective clauses

- (The man called the police. His car was stolen.)

- The man whose car was stolen called the police.

- I know a girl. Her brother is a movie star.

- I know a girl whose brother is a movie star

- The people are moving to Hawaii. We bought their house.

- The people whose house we bought are moving to Hawaii.

Using which and that in adjective clause

- The river is polluted. If flows through town.

- The river which flows through town is polluted.

- The books were expansive. I bought the books.

- The books that I bought were expansive.

Examples of adjective with relative adverb

- This is the place where we will build our new house.

- The reason why he studied in BSI is interesting.

- I’ll never forget the time when I gave my first lecture.

A relative clause is a dependent clause, it describes a noun or pronoun occurring in the independent clause.

Independent Clause - Dependent Clause

I prefer vacation - which are very relaxing

We have a classmate - who took a trip to Tahiti.

My sister likes the sweater - which I gave her

Did you like the women - whom we met last night

I talked to everyone - whom you invited to the wedding.

homonyms

Homonym is a word that is the same in form or sound as another but different in meaning. E.g. pale and pail, here are the homonyms listed alphabetically that you have to learn carefully.
1. Air = (atmosphere) heir =(inheritor)
2. Aisle =(passage) isle =(island)
3. Alley =(Passage) ally =(a friend)
4. Anker =(a measure) anchor =(of a vessel)
5. Ant =(insect) aunt =(relative)
6. Bacon =(pork) baken =(baked)
7. Bare =(naked) bear =(animal, to carry)
8. Beat =(to strike) beet =(vegetable)
9. Brake =(to a wheel) break =(opening; to part)
10. Cannon =(large gun) canon =(a law, a rule)
11. Cast =(to throw) caste =(rank)
12. Ceiling =(for a room) sealing =(fastening)
13. Collar =(neck wear) color =(hue)
14. Dam =(wall for stream) damn =(to doom of curse)
15. Decease =(death) disease =(sickness)
16. Die =(to expire) dye =(to color)
17. Elude =(to escape from) illude =(to deceive)
18. Eruption =(bursting) irruption =(sudden invasion)
19. Fair =(beautiful, just) fare =(food, price)
20. Find =(to discover) fined =(punished)
21. Foul =(unclean) fowl =(pearl of fool)
22. Guilt =(crime) gilt =(gold on surface)
23. Heal =(to cure) heel =(part of fool)
24. Holy =(pure sacred) wholly =(completely)
BSI silabus

preposition

PREPOSITION “ON, IN and AT”

A. Preposition ‘ON’ is used as follows:

1. Place : indicating contact with a surfaces, examples: on table, - there is a regular meeting on 2^nd floor now.

2. Place : referring to the same of a street or road. Examples: on Siliwangi Raya street, etc.

3. Time : with the days of the week, and the days of the months. Examples : on Friday, on August 23^rd, etc.

B. Preposition “IN” is used as follows :

1. Time : with the names of the months, season and years. Examples: in 1999, in February, in the winter, in the wet season, etc.

2. place : inside of something, examples: in a box, in a college town, etc

3. Time : with parts of the day or night used in a general sense, examples: in the morning, in the evening, etc.

C. Preposition “AT” is used as follows:

1. Time: fro hours or minutes; and with noon, night or midnight, examples: at half past six, at midnight, etc

2. Place : for a definite position or specified location, examples: Eva is at the bus stop now.

3. Place : referring one’s address, examples : Lina lives at JL. Kayu Besar cengkareng IV no. 331.

NOTE:

More uses PREPOSITION “on, in, at” referring to places:

· In the street, in a photograph/picture/ a mirror.

· On the left, on the right, on a small island. On the way, on the front /back of letter, on the corner of the street, etc.

· At reception desk, at the front /back of building/hall/movie/group of people, etc