Complex Sentences- Relative Clauses LESSON + PRACTICE

COMPLEX SENTENCES (cont.)

Relative Clauses

(Restrictive & Non-Restrictive)

REVIEW: AWUBIS

Complex Sentences with Subordinating Conjunctions

• Independent clauses AWUBIS dependent clause.

  My son loves playing video games because they are distracting.

• AWUBIS dependent clause, independent clause.

  Because video games are distracting, my son loves playing them.

NEW: Complex Sentences with Relative Clauses

• 2 sentences about the same NOUN should be combined together: change 1 of the NOUNs to a RELATIVE PRONOUN

• 2 INDEPENDENT SENTENCES: We are waiting for Paul. Paul is my brother.

• 1 COMPLEX SENTENCE (IND + DEP): We are waiting for Paul, ____ is my brother.

Multiple Choice

YOU TRY: Which word fills the blank better?

That's the cafe. The cafe closed down.

That's the cafe _____ closed down.

• who

• which

• whom

• where

Multiple Choice

TRY AGAIN: Which word fills the blank better?

I like books. Books have great characters.

I like books _____ have great characters.

• who

• which

• whose

• where

Multiple Choice

ROUND 3: Which word fills the blank better?

That is the woman. I gave the woman directions.

That is the woman _____ I gave directions.

• who

• whom

Multiple Choice

ROUND 4: Which word fills the blank better?

The car is mine. The car has a scratch on the side.

The car ____ has a scratch on the side is mine.

• who

• that

• where

• whose

To comma or NOT

• YES comma = EXTRA information (Non-Restrictive / Non-Defining)

• NO comma = NECESSARY information (Restrictive / Defining)

• RULE: NEVER use a comma with "that"

Multiple Choice

YOU TRY: Select the example with a RESTRICTIVE clause

• A: That's Mary Wilson, who is my downstairs neighbor.

• B: That is the woman who is my downstairs neighbor.

Multiple Choice

TRY AGAIN: Select the example with a RESTRICTIVE clause

• A: The boy who stole your bike has been caught.

• B: The police are questioning Trevor Jones, who handed himself in yesterday.

Multiple Choice

ROUND 3: Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• A: Mark's only dog which ate the chicken is looking guilty.

• B: Mark's only dog, which ate the chicken, is looking guilty.

Multiple Choice

ROUND 4: Which of these sentences lets you know I have MORE THAN 1 SISTER? (Hint: look at the punctuation)

• A: My sister who lives in Louisiana is forty years old.

• B: My sister, who lives in Louisiana, is forty years old.