Hi all,
You told me that you would like some support with practising relative clauses at home so here it is...
A relative clause is an embedded (or drop-in) clause. You 'drop it into' a main clause and it usually describes a noun.
So, for example: The cat sat on the fence. (This is a main clause - makes sense by itself). I need to split this after the noun, 'The cat...' Then I need to think of some additional information, e.g. 'which was very angry' and finally add the rest of the main clause to finish it off 'sat on the fence'.
When I put it altogether, it reads:
The cat, which was very angry, sat on the fence.'
Rules:
1. Split the main clause (after the noun)
2. Think of a way of adding description (an adjectival phrase) to the noun
3. Add a conjunction to the adjectival phrase, e.g. who, when, which, whose, that
4. Place a comma either side of the relative clause (or brackets or dashes)
5. Write the rest of the original main clause to finish off the sentence.
6. Check it - does the sentence still make sense if you were to take out the relative clause?
You told me that you would like some support with practising relative clauses at home so here it is...
A relative clause is an embedded (or drop-in) clause. You 'drop it into' a main clause and it usually describes a noun.
So, for example: The cat sat on the fence. (This is a main clause - makes sense by itself). I need to split this after the noun, 'The cat...' Then I need to think of some additional information, e.g. 'which was very angry' and finally add the rest of the main clause to finish it off 'sat on the fence'.
When I put it altogether, it reads:
The cat, which was very angry, sat on the fence.'
Rules:
1. Split the main clause (after the noun)
2. Think of a way of adding description (an adjectival phrase) to the noun
3. Add a conjunction to the adjectival phrase, e.g. who, when, which, whose, that
4. Place a comma either side of the relative clause (or brackets or dashes)
5. Write the rest of the original main clause to finish off the sentence.
6. Check it - does the sentence still make sense if you were to take out the relative clause?