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Y6 Subordinate Clauses With Relative Pronouns
Y6 Subordinate Clauses With Relative Pronouns
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Relative Pronouns
What is a Subordinate Clause?
dependent clause.
Main Clause and Subordinate Clause
A main clause is a clause that makes sense on its own and can also
exist in a sentence on its own.
A Subordinate clause is a clause that does not make sense on its own
and cannot be a sentence on its own.
Example: Peter, who was playing in the jumping castle,
was excited.
A relative pronoun is a word that introduces a dependent (or relative) clause and
poised to answer questions such as Which one? How many? or What kind?
3.I need a book _________ will tell me all about city gardening.
9.The children broke the picture _________ you had bought in Paris.
11.The building _________ was built long ago about is just down the road.
1.I talked to the girl whose car had broken down in front of the shop.
2.They are closing the school where I studied when I was a child.
3.I need a book that/which will tell me all about city gardening.
9.The children broke the picture which/that you had bought in Paris.
11.The building that/which was built long ago about is just down the road.