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Puncuating adjective clauses
Worksheet
1. Discuss the questions.
What do you know about the American president Abraham Lincoln?
Have you seen the movie? Would you like to?
Have you ever heard one of his quotes?
2. Watch the scene and answer the following
questions.
- What lesson did the president try to teach the
boys?
- What was the last sentence the president told the
young man?
- Why did he change the last sentence in his telegram?
3. Take a look at the following adjective clauses
and separate them into two categories. Restrictive - gives essential
information and non-restrictive - gives additional information.
- The person who the president wanted to communicate
with was in a town far from Washington.
- Abraham Lincoln, who faced many political issues,
was a wise man.
- While working at my first job, which was at the
White House, I learned a lot.
- The president got a letter that brought interesting
news.
4. Many years later, one of the young man wrote a letter
telling his children about an experience that taught him a lesson. Read it and
correct two errors in punctuating adjective clauses.
While working at my first job, which was at
the White House, I had a co-worker who took me with him to meet the president.
The president had made some decisions and worried about the consequences the country
would have to face. He asked me if I believed I was fitted to the time I was
born. I insisted I was just a simple man, but the president who was a wise man
taught me that wisdom was everywhere.
The president told me he had read a book, which
explained a common notion. He also told me that he had never had too much of
schooling, but he could remember things he had read. Things that are equal to
the same thing are equal to each other. The rule was simple and mathematical.
President Lincoln, who was helping push the Thirteen Amendment, worked hard to
end slavery in the United States because he knew that equality is fundamental.
I now realize what he was trying to teach me.
That an old mechanical law book, to which no one really pays attention to,
might teach us that it is fair to begin with equality. The president changed
the last sentence of his telegram, and he might have changed the course of
events. This talk which I will never forget still pushes me to be wiser and
seek lessons in everything that I come across with.
5. Think about an incident in your life that taught
you a lesson. Write questions to help you generate ideas.
Who was involved?
What
When
Where
Why
How
6. Write about an experience that has taught you a lesson. Include
details, using adjective clauses when possible.
Answerkey
While working at my first job, which was at the
White House, I had a co-worker who took me with him to meet the president. The
president had made some decisions, and he was worried about the consequences the
country would have to face. He asked me if I believed I was fitted to the time
I was born. I insisted I was just a simple man, but the president, who was a wise man, taught me that wisdom was
everywhere.
The president told me he had read a book, which
explained a common notion. He also told me that he had never had too much of
schooling, but he could remember things he had read. Things that are equal to
the same thing are equal to each other. The rule was simple and mathematical.
President Lincoln, who was helping push the Thirteen Amendment, worked hard to
end slavery in the United States because he knew that equality is fundamental.
I now realize what he was trying to teach me.
That an old mechanical law book, to which no one really pays attention to,
might teach us that it is fair to begin with equality. The president changed
the last sentence of his telegram, and he might have changed the course of
events. This talk, which I will never forget,
still pushes me to be wiser and seek lessons in everything that I come across
with.
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