A relative clause adds information about a noun without starting a new sentence. “The girl won the race. She is my cousin.” becomes “The girl who won the race is my cousin.” It begins with a relative pronoun: who, which, that, whose or where.
Apa yang akan dipelajari anak anda
- Use who for people, and which or that for things
- Use whose for belonging, and where for places
- Find the relative clause in a sentence
- Put commas around a relative clause that only adds extra information
Which pronoun?
Who is for people: the teacher who helped me. Which and that are for things and animals: the book that I borrowed. Whose shows belonging: the boy whose bike was stolen. Where is for places: the town where I was born.
Commas for extras
If the clause is just extra information, put commas around it: “My dog, who is three, loves swimming.” Take the clause out and the sentence still makes sense.
Contoh soalan
Berikut ialah beberapa soalan seperti dalam misi pertama. Bolehkah anda menjawabnya?
1. Which word completes the sentence? “The boy ___ bike was stolen felt sad.”
- whose
- which
- who
- where
Tunjuk jawapan
Jawapan: whose. Whose shows that something belongs to someone.
2. Which word completes the sentence? “The girl ___ won the race is my cousin.”
- who
- where
- whose
- which
Tunjuk jawapan
Jawapan: who. Who is used for people.
3. What does a relative clause do?
- Adds information about a noun
- Ends a sentence
- Asks a question
- Replaces the verb
Tunjuk jawapan
Jawapan: Adds information about a noun. It tells us more about the noun just before it.
Tip untuk orang dewasa
- Join two short sentences with who or which.
- Play “the one who…”: describe family members with a relative clause.
- Find relative clauses in a favourite book and say which noun they describe.