The man who is full of energy is an athlete.

[neb090]

1. The man who is full of energy is an athlete.
2. The lady living next to my house is a musician.
3. I have read the email sent by the manager.

I made the three sentences by myself, and I think 1 is an adjective clause; 2 is a participle clause; and 3 is a participle phrase.
Is that correct?

 

[Tarheel]

Say:

I wrote the sentences myself.

 

[Tarheel]

@neb090 You highlighted the wrong words.

 

[neb090]

@neb090 You highlighted the wrong words.

How about this.

1. The man who is full of energy is an athlete.
2. The lady living next to my house is a musician.
3. I have read the email sent by the manager.

 

[jutfrank]

How about this.

1. The man who is full of energy is an athlete.
2. The lady living next to my house is a musician.
3. I have read the email sent by the manager.

That's better.

I'm going to give you a teacher's answer because that's what I think you need.

The bold part in 1. is what we teachers normally call a relative clause. Concerning 2. and 3., there is no need for you to make a distinction between whether these count as clauses or phrases. Treat them as equivalent.

 

[PaulMatthews]

1. The man who is full of energy is an athlete.

2. The lady living next to my house is a musician.

3. I have read the email sent by the manager.

The underlined clauses are:

In 1. a relative clause modifying "man", in 2. a present participial clause modifying "lady", and in 3. a past participial clause modifying "email".

Some older grammars and school grammar books call them adjective clauses simply because they are modifying nouns.

However, the classification of subordinate clauses is best based on their internal form or main verb, rather than spurious analogies with the parts of speech.

 

[jutfrank]

@PaulMatthews

Could you give an example of a participial phrase (i.e., where there is no subject-predicate structure, whether the subject is implied or not)? I've never understood the difference very clearly.