USING WHICH TO

MODIFY A WHOLE
SENTENCE

GROUP 5

1. Dwi Wahyu Agustin 201510100311003

2. Mukhammad Zakariya Al Ansori 201510100311011
3. Rini Widayanti 201510100311019

Using which to modify a whole sentence is

informal and occurs more frequently in spoken
English. This structure is generally appropriate in
formal writing. Whenever it is written, however, it
is preceded by a comma to reflect a pause in
speech
Azar, Betty Schramper. 1993.
Understanding And Using English
Grammar Edisi Kedua. Jakarta:
Binarupa Aksara. Hal. 255-256

(a) Tom was late

(b) That surprised me
(c) Tom was late, which
surprised me

(d) The elevator is out of order

(e) This is too bad
(f) The elevator is out of order,
which is too bad

The pronouns that and this can

refer to the whole idea of a
whole sentence which comes
before.
In (b): The word that refers to
the whole sentence Tom was
late
Similarly, an adjective clause
with which may modify the idea
of a whole sentence.
In (c): The word which refers to
the whole sentence Tom was
late
Azar, Betty Schramper. 1993.
Understanding And Using English
Grammar Edisi Kedua. Jakarta:
Binarupa Aksara. Hal. 255-256

EXAMPLES
1. Max isnt home yet.
That worries me.
Max isnt home yet, which worries me.
2. My father had got a lot of gold medals from sport championships
when he was young.
I admire that very much.
My father had got a lot of gold medals from sport championships
when he was young, which I admire very much.
Azar, Betty Schramper. 1993.
Understanding And Using English
Grammar Edisi Kedua. Jakarta:
Binarupa Aksara. Hal. 255-256

EXERCISE 1
1. Prepare your paper board, stick it on the wall.
2. Work together with your group to work on each question.
3. Analyze the sentence whether it has error based on its
grammatical aspect.
4. The timing for each question is 20 seconds.
5. Good luck .
Example:
Max isnt home yet, which worries my.
Then you should write me

EXERCISE 1
1. Mr. Zaka is fired from his job, which surprised all of his co-worker.
2. My roomate never picks up after herself, which irritate me.
3. Mr. Anderson responded to my letter right away, which I appreciated that
very much.
4. There were an accidents on Highway, which means Ill be late to work this
morning.
5. I shuts the car door on my necktie, which was really stupid of me.
6. The water content in the storage tank were high, which is not good.
7. Mr. Ibnu is madly because his son is naughty, which is unusual.
8. Ayu buy a beautiful rose yesterday, which was suspicious.
9. Rini drinks a chocolate milk, which is his breakfast.
10. Ajeng is a clever student in her class, which makes her arrogants.

ANSWER FOR EXERCISE 1

1. Mr. Zaka is(was) fired from his job, which surprised all of his coworker(s).
2. My roomate never picks up after herself, which irritate(s) me.
3. Mr. Anderson responded to my letter right away, which I
appreciated that very much.
4. There were(was) an accident(s) on Highway, which means Ill be
late to work this morning.
5. I shut(s) the car door on my necktie, which was really stupid of me.
6. The water content in the storage tank were(is) high, which is not
good.
7. Mr. Ibnu is madly because his son is naughty, which is unusual.
8. Ayu buy(bought) a beautiful rose yesterday, which was suspicious.
9. Rini drinks a chocolate milk, which is his(her) breakfast.
10.Ajeng is a clever student in her class, which makes her arrogants.

EXERCISE 2
1. Prepare your paper board, stick it on the wall.
2. Work together with your group to work on each question.
3. Make these two clauses become one sentence, make the second
sentence as the adjective clause.
4. The timing for each question is 20 seconds.
5. Good luck .
Example :
Max isnt home yet.
That worries me.
Max isnt home yet, which worries me.

EXERCISE 2
1. The students next to me kept cracking his knuckles. That bothered
me a lot.
2. My lecturer cant come to class today. That disappointed me.
3. The store sells a cute bracelet. That I want since a long time ago.
4. My brother wore a short skirt. That shocked all of my family.
5. He is not ready for the speech competition tomorrow. That means
hes probably in trouble.
6. I got the highest score in my class. That was a pleasant surprise.
7. Ali lost his wallet this morning in the classroom. That made him
very unhappy.
8. He helps me bring my books. I appreciate that very much.
9. My friend buy a new high heels. I envy that a lot.
10. My neighbor played a loud music last night. That bothered me so
much that I couldnt get to sleep.

ANSWER FOR EXERCISE 2

1. The students next to me kept cracking his knuckles, which
bothered me a lot.
2. My lecturer cant come to class today, which disappointed me.
3. The store sells a cute bracelet, which I want since a long time ago.
4. My brother wore a short skirt, which shocked all of my family.
5. He is not ready for the speech competition tomorrow, which means
hes probably in trouble.
6. I got the highest score in my class, which was a pleasant surprise.
7. Ali lost his wallet this morning in the classroom, which made him
very unhappy.
8. He helps me bring my books, which I appreciate very much.
9. My friend buy a new high heels, which I envy a lot.
10. My neighbor played a loud music last night, which bothered me so
much that I couldnt get to sleep.

EXERCISE 3
1. Prepare your paper board, stick it on the wall.
2. Work together with your group to work on each question.
3. Separate the sentence into 2 sentences.
4. The timing for each question is 1 minute.
5. Good luck .
Example :
Max isnt home yet, which worries me.
Max isnt home yet.
That worries me.

EXERCISE 3
1. Mr. Zaka was fired from his job, which surprised all of his coworkers.
2. My roomate never picks up after herself, which irritates me.
3. Mr. Anderson responded to my letter right away, which I
appreciated that very much.
4. There was an accident on Highway, which means Ill be late to
work this morning.
5. I shut the car door on my necktie, which was really stupid of me.
6. The water content in the storage tank is high, which is not good.
7. Mr. Ibnu is mad because his son is naughty, which is unusual.
8. Ayu bought a beautiful rose yesterday, which was suspicious.
9. Rini drinks a chocolate milk, which is her breakfast.
10. Ajeng is a clever student in her class, which makes her arrogant.

ANSWER FOR EXERCISE 3

1. Mr. Zaka was fired from his job. That surprised all of his co-workers.
2. My roomate never picks up after herself. This irritates me.
3. Mr. Anderson responded to my letter right away. I appreciated that
very much.
4. There was an accident on Highway. That means Ill be late to work
this morning.
5. I shut the car door on my necktie. That was really stupid of me.
6. The water content in the storage tank is high. That is not good.
7. Mr. Ibnu is mad because his son is naughty. That is unusual.
8. Ayu bought a beautiful rose. That was suspicious.
9. Rini drinks a chocolate milk. That is her breakfast.
10. Ajeng is a clever student in her class. That makes her arrogant.

EXERCISE 4
1. Prepare your paper board, stick it on the wall.
2. Work together with your group to work on each question.
3. Make a 2 sentence and combine using which to modify the first
sentence.
4. The timing for each question is 3 minutes.
5. Good luck .

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