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Various Kinds of Adjective Clauses
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Example   

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Some items in this activity are based on the story

The Big River Mix-Up

  • The forest where the plane crashed was near the Big River Valley.  

  • The forest that the plane crashed in was near the Big River Valley.

  • The forest the plane crashed in was near the Big River Valley.

  • The forest which the plane crashed in was near the Big River Valley.

  • The forest in which the plane crashed was near the Big River Valley.

Get the whole story!
Note Listen

Most of the audio on English Zoom!!! is in relaxed American English.  Compare relaxed and careful speech:

Careful speech:  She is going to get her shoes out of the closet and put them on.

Relaxed speech:  She's gonna get 'er shoes out o' the closet an' put 'em on.

Dictionaries Longman    Encarta  Newbury

JavaScript powering this activity is adapted from Dennie Hoppingarner's work at The Game-O-Matic.
Directions Listen

Listen to the audio.  Then, click the  the words in the order you hear.  Click CHECK.  If your sentence is not correct, click CLEAR and try again. If you need a hint, click HELP.  Often, you can answer in more than one way. You may want to try different word orders.  You may not need all the words.

Listen to Items 1 to 5 Listen to Items 6 to 10

Note:  Almost all the items below can be done in more than one way, like the examples above.  After doing each one one way, why not click CLEAR and see if you can do it a different way. 

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