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Relative Clauses

Relative Clauses

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English

4th - 6th Grade

Practice Problem

Easy

CCSS
L.3.1A, L.7.1A, L.2.1F

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Paul Lavis

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5 Slides • 12 Questions

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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?

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What is a main clause?

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What is a subordinate clause?

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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.

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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.

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Multiple Choice

What is the relative pronoun in this sentence?


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

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went

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pool

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which

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fantastic

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Open Ended

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

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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.

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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.

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Your Learning Journey

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What have you achieved today? How?

How would you like to progress further?

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Relational

Extended Abstract

Relative Clauses

Year 5/6

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