形容詞子句測驗題 Test: Adjective Clauses

Part 1. Instructions: Write the prepositions that go with the following words. Some might have more than one. (12%)

Excited ____________	Interested ____________	Tired ____________
Apologize ______	Grateful ____________	Cry ____________
Look forward _________	Be clear ____________	Listen ____________
Be affectionate ________	Learn ____________	Happy ____________

Part 2. Instructions: Using the words + prepositions above, Write 5 sentences that ALSO have adjective clauses. (10%)

Ex. I am excited about going to the concert which is held by the city.

Part 3. Instructions: Combine these sentences using "where" without a preposition and "that" or "which" with a preposition (if possible). (9%)

Ex. The city was beautiful. We spend our vacation there.

---> The city where we spent our vacation was beautiful.

---> The city in which we spent our vacation was beautiful.

1. That is the restaurant. We will go there for my birthday.

2. The farmers' market is busy. We go there on Saturdays after hiking.

3. That is the car. I put all my clothing there when I'm lazy.

Part 4. Instructions: Write the following sentences using adjective clauses with the prepositions. Write them TWO ways (one formal style sentence and one informal style sentence) that we learned. (12%)

Ex. The woman is standing over there. We were talking about her earlier.

---> The woman who/whom we were talking about earlier is standing over there.

    (who/whom 可省略) (informal)

---> The woman about whom we were talking earlier is standing over there.

    (about whom 不可省略) (formal)

1. We must congratulate the couple. We prayed for them last year.

2. The party was really fun. All the students went to it.

3. The university accepts very few students. I applied to the university.

4. I sent a letter to Stephanie last month. I haven't heard from her yet.

5. The politician lost in the recent election. I voted for her.

6. Living with people can be stressful, but it can also be fun. You are not related to the people.

Part 5. Instructions: Combine the following sentences, making one into a possessive adjective clause. (8%)

Ex. Berkeley is a great college. Its students come from all over the world.

---> Berkeley, whose students come from all over the world, is a great college.

1. My friend is from Peru. Her name is Sylvia.

2. Barack Obama was injured in a game last Friday. His hobby is basketball.

3. First National Bank tries to attract female customers. The bank's president is a woman.

4. A manufacturer can offer lower prices. Its costs are lower because of mass production.

Part 6. Instructions: There are 8 adjective clauses/phrases in page 1 of chapter 1 of Harry Potter Book 1. Find them and underline them. (24%)

    Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. They were the last people you'd expect to be involved in anything strange or mysterious, because they just didn't hold with such nonsense.

　　Mr. Dursley was the director of a firm called Grunnings, which made drills. He was a big, beefy man with hardly any neck, although he did have a very large mustache. Mrs. Dursley was thin and blonde and had nearly twice the usual amount of neck, which came in very useful as she spent so much of her time craning over garden fences, spying on the neighbors. The Dursleys had a small son called Dudley and in their opinion there was no finer boy anywhere.

　　The Dursleys had everything they wanted, but they also had a secret, and their greatest fear was that somebody would discover it.

Part 7. Are the following adjective clauses? Determining where it starts and where it ends. (10%)

1. We realized that we had forgotten our lunches when we got to school.

2. The lunches that we forgot at home were the ones that we had made ourselves.

3. I remember that time when we forgot our lunches at home.

4. She was so upset about leaving her lunch that she went home to get it.

5. She didn't know who she needed to talk to about improving lunches in schools.

6. The woman who she was supposed to talk to about improving school lunches wasn't there.

7. The school lunches, which are served in the cafeteria, contain a lot of processed foods.

Part 8. Adjective Clauses and Mimicking

Instructions: Find 5 interesting sentences. Use magazines, articles online, or any other native-speaker reading to find them. Each must contain an adjective clause. (5%)

* Write the sentence.

* Mimic the sentence by using the same structure and different content.

Ex. A mouse is the size of a mouse for a good reason, and a mouse that was the size of an elephant wouldn't do very well. (Michael Pollan's The Omnivore’s Dilemma)

---> A cough drop is the size of a cough drop for a good reason, and a cough drop that was the size of an egg wouldn't do very well.

Ex. Critics say the law is a thinly-veiled attempt to disenfranchise minority voters who voted for President Obama in 2008. (Voice of America)

---> Experts say the super size coke in fast food restaurants is a devious attempt to mislead people who can spend less and get more.

Part 9. Find the errors with adjective clauses and write the correction. (10%)

Ex. When the semester started, most students did not know the buildings which where/in which their classes were located.

1. People live in 高雄 are used to sunny weather for much of the year.

2. One problem that the instructor solved it ended up having several possible answers.

3. The person whom these theater tickets were reserved never picked them up.

4. I wrote a thank-you note to the people whom I visited their home over the holidays.

5. My friend whom I loaned my car to him returned it with several dents.

Part 10. Bonus (6%)

Adjective Clauses of Quantity and Quality:

Combine the following sentences, making one into an adjective clause of quantity or quality. Note that these adjective clauses are always non-identifying!

http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/clauses-7.html

Ex. He has two cars. Both of them are expensive.

---> He has two cars, both of which are expensive.

1. My students are really improving their English. All of them work very hard.

2. My students will do well in college. The best of them work 12 hours every week.

3. Electricity is responsible for many greenhouse gasses. 60% of it comes from coal.

Answer Key

Part 1. Instructions: Write the prepositions that go with the following words. Some might have more than one. (12%)

Excited about	Interested in	Tired of
Apologize for	Grateful for	Cry about/for
Look forward to	Be clear about	Listen to
Be affectionate toward	Learn about	Happy about/for

Part 2. Instructions: Using the words + prepositions above, Write 5 sentences that ALSO have adjective clauses. (10%)

Ex. I am excited about going to the concert which is held by the city.

1. I am interested in painting which I've always liked to learn.

2. I am tired of eating at the restaurant which is located near our house.

3. I apologize for being late, which is all my fault.

4. I look forward to seeing J.K. Rowling, who is the author of Harry Potter saga, at a book signing.

5. I would like to learn more about Pennsylvania, where my husband was born.

Part 3. Instructions: Combine these sentences using "where" without a preposition and "that" or "which" with a preposition (if possible). (9%)

Ex. The city was beautiful. We spend our vacation there.

---> The city where we spent our vacation was beautiful.

---> The city in which we spent our vacation was beautiful.

1. That is the restaurant. We will go there for my birthday.

---> That is the restaurant where we will go for my birthday.

---> That is the restaurant to which we will go for my birthday.

2. The farmers' market is busy. We go there on Saturdays after hiking.

---> The farmers' market where we go on Saturdays after hiking is busy.

---> The farmers' market to which we go on Saturdays after hiking is busy.

3. That is the car. I put all my clothing there when I'm lazy.

---> That is the car where I put all my clothing when I'm lazy.

---> That is the car in which I put all my clothing when I'm lazy.

Part 4. Instructions: Write the following sentences using adjective clauses with the prepositions. Write them TWO ways (one formal style sentence and one informal style sentence) that we learned. (12%)

Ex. The woman is standing over there. We were talking about her earlier.

---> The woman who/whom we were talking about earlier is standing over there.

    (who/whom 可省略) (informal)

---> The woman about whom we were talking earlier is standing over there.

    (about whom 不可省略) (formal)

1. We must congratulate the couple. We prayed for them last year.

---> We must congratulate the couple (whom/who/that) we prayed for last year. (informal)

---> We must congratulate the couple for whom we prayed last year. (formal)

2. The party was really fun. All the students went to it.

---> The party (which/that) all the students went to was really fun. (informal)

---> The party to which all the students went was really fun. (formal)

---> The party where all the students went was really fun. (formal)

3. The university accepts very few students. I applied to the university.

---> The university (which/that) I applied to accepts very few students. (informal)

---> The university to which I applied accepts very few students. (formal)

4. I sent a letter to Stephanie last month. I haven't heard from her yet.

---> I haven't heard from Stephanie, (whom/who/that) I sent a letter to last month. (informal)

---> I haven't heard from Stephanie, to whom I sent a letter last month. (formal)

5. The politician lost in the recent election. I voted for her.

---> The politician (whom/who/that) I voted for lost in the recent election. (informal)

---> The politician for whom I voted lost in the recent election. (formal)

6. Living with people can be stressful, but it can also be fun. You are not related to the people.

---> Living with people (whom/who/that) you are not related to can be stressful, but it can also be fun. (informal)

---> Living with people to whom you are not related can be stressful, but it can also be fun. (formal)

Part 5. Instructions: Combine the following sentences, making one into a possessive adjective clause. (8%)

Ex. Berkeley is a great college. Its students come from all over the world.

---> Berkeley, whose students come from all over the world, is a great college.

1. My friend is from Peru. Her name is Sylvia.

---> My friend, whose name is Sylvia, is from Peru.

2. Barack Obama was injured in a game last Friday. His hobby is basketball.

---> Barack Obama, whose hobby is basketball, was injured in a game last Friday.

3. First National Bank tries to attract female customers. The bank's president is a woman.

---> First National Bank, whose president is a woman, tries to attract female customers.

4. A manufacturer can offer lower prices. Its costs are lower because of mass production.

---> A manufacturer whose costs are lower because of mass production can offer lower prices.

Part 6. Instructions: There are 8 adjective clauses/phrases in page 1 of chapter 1 of Harry Potter Book 1. Find them and underline them. (24%)

    Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. They were the last people (1) (whom/who/that) (關係代名詞當受格用,可省略) you'd expect to be involved in anything (2) (that is) (省略"關係代名詞 + be動詞") strange or mysterious, because they just didn't hold with such nonsense.

　　Mr. Dursley was the director of a firm (3) (which was) (省略"關係代名詞 + be動詞") called Grunnings, (4) which made drills. He was a big, beefy man (5) (who was) (省略"關係代名詞 + be動詞") with hardly any neck, although he did have a very large mustache. Mrs. Dursley was thin and blonde and had nearly twice the usual amount of neck, (6) which came in very useful as she spent so much of her time craning over garden fences, spying on the neighbors. The Dursleys had a small son (7) (who was) (省略"關係代名詞 + be動詞") called Dudley and in their opinion there was no finer boy anywhere.

　　The Dursleys had everything (8) (which/that) (關係代名詞當受格用,可省略) they wanted, but they also had a secret, and their greatest fear was that somebody would discover it.

Part 7. Are the following adjective clauses? Determining where it starts and where it ends. (10%)

1. We realized that we had forgotten our lunches when we got to school.

1. that... lunches 為名詞子句 (Noun Clause), (realized what? 凡是回答what的,都是名詞子句,詳看下一單元文法)

2. when...school 為表示時間的副詞子句 (Adverb Clause),詳看下下單元文法)

2. The lunches that we forgot at home were the ones that we had made ourselves.

第一個adj. clause (that we forgot at home) 修飾 the lunches.

第二個adj. clause (that we had made ourselves) 修飾 the ones.

3. I remember that time when we forgot our lunches at home.

adj clause (when we forgot our lunches at home.) 修飾 time.

I remember 後面的that是名詞子句 (Noun Clause) (remember what? 凡是回答what的,都是名詞子句) 

4. She was so upset about leaving her lunch that she went home to get it.

so...that 表示因果關係的副詞子句 (Adverb Clause)

5. She didn't know who she needed to talk to about improving lunches in schools.

who... 為名詞子句 (Noun Clause), (She didn't know WHAT? 凡是回答what的,都是名詞子句)

6. The woman who she was supposed to talk to about improving school lunches wasn't there.

adj. clause (who she was supposed to talk to about improving school lunches) 修飾 the woman.

7. The school lunches, which are served in the cafeteria, contain a lot of processed foods.

畫底線部分為 Non-identifying adjective clause. 就算拿掉也不影響整個句子的意義, 意思是學校的午餐都包含了許多processed foods

請與下一句Identifying adjective clause做比較

The school lunches which are served in the cafeteria contain a lot of processed foods.

意思是只有在學校cafeteria 裡的午餐包含了許多processed foods

Part 8. Adjective Clauses and Mimicking

Instructions: Find 5 interesting sentences. Use magazines, articles online, or any other native-speaker reading to find them. Each must contain an adjective clause. (5%)

* Write the sentence.

* Mimic the sentence by using the same structure and different content.

Ex. A mouse is the size of a mouse for a good reason, and a mouse that was the size of an elephant wouldn't do very well. (Michael Pollan's The Omnivore’s Dilemma)

---> A cough drop is the size of a cough drop for a good reason, and a cough drop that was the size of an egg wouldn't do very well.

Ex. Critics say the law is a thinly-veiled attempt to disenfranchise minority voters who voted for President Obama in 2008. (Voice of America)

---> Experts say the super size coke in fast food restaurants is a devious attempt to mislead people who can spend less and get more.

更多例子請參閱這裡

http://learningenglishwithharrypotter.blogspot.com/2015/04/sentence-imitations.html

Part 9. Find the errors with adjective clauses and write the correction. (10%)

Ex. When the semester started, most students did not know the buildings which where/in which their classes were located.

1. People who live in 高雄 are used to sunny weather for much of the year.

2. One problem that the instructor solved it ended up having several possible answers.

3. The person whom for whom these theater tickets were reserved never picked them up.

或The person whom these theater tickets were reserved for never picked them up.

4. I wrote a thank-you note to the people whom whose home I visited their home over the holidays.

5. My friend whom I loaned my car to him returned it with several dents.

Part 10. Bonus (6%)

Adjective Clauses of Quantity and Quality:

Combine the following sentences, making one into an adjective clause of quantity or quality. Note that these adjective clauses are always non-identifying!

Ex. He has two cars. Both of them are expensive.

---> He has two cars, both of which are expensive.

1. My students are really improving their English. All of them work very hard.

---> My students, all of whom work very hard, are really improving their English. 

2. My students will do well in college. The best of them work 12 hours every week.

---> My students, the best of whom work 12 hours every week, will do well in college.  

3. Electricity is responsible for many greenhouse gasses. 60% of it comes from coal.

---> Electricity, 60% of which comes from coal, is responsible for many greenhouse gasses. 

我要準備期末然後度假去... 所以,大概8月or9月再繼續這裡的文法 ^ _ ^