Unit 13 Grammar

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Adjective Clauses with

Prepositions:

We can say:

He’s the actor to whom she was

talking.

OR

He’s the actor whom she was

talking to.

We can say:

He’s the actor whom she was talking to.

OR

He’s the actor who she was talking to.

OR

He’s the actor that she was talking to.

OR

He’s the actor she was talking to.

We can say:

It’s the studio for which he works.

OR

It’s the studio which he works for.

We can say:

It’s the studio which he works

for.

OR

It’s the studio that he works for.

OR

It’s the studio he works for.

Using whose:

That’s the director whose movies I

told you about.

That’s the movie whose director I

spoke of.

Adjective Clauses with

Quantifiers:

Examples of Quantifiers:

all of, most of, a number

of, some of, a few of,

several of, a couple of,

both of, two of

I have many friends, all of whom

are actors.

I have many friends, most of

whom are actors.

I have many friends, a few of

whom are actors.

She was in a lot of movies, a

few of which are classics.

She was in a lot of movies, some

of which were successes.

Her son was in two movies, both

of which were terrible.

Using whose:

Avatar was directed by James

Cameron, several of whose movies have

made a lot of money.

My favorite movies in the reading are

Babel and Slumdog Millionaire, both of

whose stories take place in poor

countries.

Adjective Clause with

Noun:

She makes comedies, an

example of which is Julie

and Julia.

I love Big Bang Theory, some

episodes of which she

directed.

Reducing Adjective

Clauses to Adjective

Phrases

He’s the actor who’s

from the film school.

He’s the actor from the

film school.

I saw the film which is

based on that book.

I saw the film based on

that book.

That’s the man who is in

charge of lighting.

That’s the man in charge

of lighting.

I read the scripts that are

on my desk.

I read the scripts on my

desk.

Changing Adjective

Clauses to Adjective

Phrases

He’s the actor who plays

the king.

He’s the actor playing

the king.

Babel is a picture

that/which stars Brad

Pitt.

Babel is a picture

starring Brad Pitt.