Relative Clauses

Relative Clauses

Year 5/6

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Your Learning Journey

Where are you currently?

What do you already know about relative clauses?

What would you like to find out?

• Pre-Structural

• Uni-Structural

• Multi-Structural

• Relational

• Extended Abstract

Open Ended

FLASHBACK

What is a main clause?

Open Ended

FLASHBACK

What is a subordinate clause?

Relative Clauses

• A relative clause is a type of subordinate clause.

• It wouldn't make sense on its own.

• They give extra information about a noun.

• It's connected to the main clause of a sentence using a relative pronoun - words like who, whom, which, that or whose.

Relative clauses and pronouns

Relative pronouns vary depending on the person they refer to:

‘Who’ refers to a person or people.

‘Which’ refers to a thing, a place or animals. ‘That’ refers to a thing, a place or a person. ‘When’ refers to a time.

‘Where’ refers to a place.

Multiple Choice

What is the relative pronoun in this sentence?

We went to the new swimming pool, which has three fantastic slides.

• went

• pool

• which

• fantastic

Open Ended

Can you think of another relative clause to go in this complex sentence?

Open Ended

Can you create a sentence about this cat using a relative clause?

Things to remember:

• The main clause should make sense on its own.
• The relative clause adds extra detail about a noun.
• There should be a relative pronoun, e.g. which, whose, whom, when, where.

Open Ended

Can you change these two simple sentences (both including 1 main clause) into a complex sentence that uses a relative clause?

Mia finally completed the race. Her legs were aching.

Poll

Your Learning Journey

Where are you currently?

What have you achieved today? How?

How would you like to progress further?

• Pre-Structural

• Uni-Structural

• Multi-Structural

• Relational

• Extended Abstract