English 9 Name ________________________________________________ Block _____

Relative Clause Review

REVIEW: A relative pronoun is a word used to begin a relative clause. There are five of them: who, that, which,
whose, and whom. We focused mainly on how to use the first three: who, that, and which. A relative clause
generally comes after the subject gives some extra information about that subject. Relative clauses may or
may not be offset by commas based on whether the extra information is restrictive (no commas) or non-
restrictive (commas). Please review the following chart:

Relative Pronoun Used With How to Punctuate

Who people sometimes commas
Which things always a comma
That people or things never a comma

Sample Sentences: The students who didn’t study will fail the exam.
S RC V +

The exam review, which took awhile, helped me study.

S , RC , V +

The exam that I took in English was easy.

S RC V +

Write two sentences with appropriate relative clauses for each of the following relative
pronouns. Refer to the examples above if you get stuck.

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2. which: _______________________________________________________________________
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3. that: ________________________________________________________________________
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Directions: Label the pattern in each sentence. Then add punctuation as necessary.

1.) The children who skateboard in the street are especially noisy in the early evening.

2.) Matthew and his sister Loretta who skateboard in the street are especially noisy in the early evening.

3.) The man who lives next door is from my country.

4.) The dog that we heard last night is a bulldog.

5.) The money that we spend on magazines should be spent on books.

6.) Mr. Smith who is a well-respected lawyer has just retired from active practice.

7.) That book which is the novel I was reading last week is the one I meant for you to take to the beach with
you.

8.) My youngest sister who has three children is named Carol.

9.) The new policy that we discussed last Wednesday will begin today.

10.) The new ambassador who is from New York City just joined us last week.