Question

Combine the sentences together to create one sentence having an adjective clause (Use the first sentence as a main clause):

a) Did you mail the letters? They were on my table.
b) The subject interested everyone. You wrote about it last week.
c) The story can’t possibly be true. He told it to us.
d) Is the river very large? It flows through that town.
e) Have you employed the man? I recommended him to you last week.​

Answer 1

Answer:

a) Did you mail the letters which were on my table?

b) The subject which you wrote last week interested everyone.

c) The story that he told to us can’t possibly be true.

d) Is the river which flows through that town very large?

e) Have you employed the man whom I recommended to you last week?

Explanation:

• Adjective clauses describe a noun or identifies a person, thing that has just been mentioned in the sentence.
• An adjective clause starts with a relative pronoun -who, whom, whose, which, that to describe the noun or pronoun placed before the relative pronoun.
• An adjective clause may also start with relative pronoun 'but'.