Writing Academic English 4th Edition

Relative
Pronouns
asSubjects

Chapter 14 IAdjectiveClauses 235

A. Combinethetwosentencesineachpairtomakea newcomplexsentence

containinganadjectiveclauseinthesubjectpattern.

Step 1 Changethesubjectofthesecondsentencetoa relativepronoun.Use

who,which,orthatasappropriate.

Step 2 Combinethetwosentences, placingtheadjectiveclauseasclose toits

antecedentaspossible.

Step 3 Addcommasifnecessary.

Thefirstonehasbeendoneforyouasanexample.

1. JohnFishexplainedthecomplexstructureofDNA.Heis a researchchemist.
   JohnFish.whoisaresearchchemist.ex\?lainedthecom\?lexstructureofDNA.


2. Whilehelectured,heshowedusa slide.Theslidediagrammedthe double
   helixstructureofDNA.


3. WordsinEnglishareoftendifficultforforeignerstopronounce.Theybegin
   withtheconsonantstho


4. ForeignersalsohavedifficultywithEnglishspelling.Englishspellingisnot
   alwaysconsistentwithitspronunciation.


5. Anyonemusthavea logicalmind.Heorshewantstobea computer
   programmer.


6. Fansquicklyloseinterestina sportsteam.Theteamlosesgameaftergame.

B. Wlitesixsentencesthatcontainadjectiveclausesinthesubjectpattern.Use

thefollowingprompts.Thefirstonehasbeendoneforyouasanexample.

1.I donotlmowanyonewhodoesnotlikechocolateicecream.

2. Myfather,who _


3. isaSpOlithat _


4. issoccer,which _

5.Theschoolsubjectthat _

6. Theschoolsubjectsthat _