Relative clauses
You learn to find the relative clause: the clause that starts with who, which, that or whose.
How to do the test
- Look for who, which, that, whose, where or when.
- The clause it starts tells you more about a noun.
- That clause is the relative clause.
Tap the relative clause. The girl who won the race smiled.
- It starts with the relative pronoun who.
- It tells you more about the girl.
- It comes right after the girl.
- Who won the race is the relative clause.
More examples
Tap the relative clause. The boy whose kite flew away cried.
- It starts with the relative pronoun whose.
- It tells you more about the boy.
- It comes right after the boy.
- Whose kite flew away is the relative clause.
Tap the relative clause. The bus that goes to town was late.
- It starts with the relative pronoun that.
- It tells you more about the bus.
- It comes right after the bus.
- That goes to town is the relative clause.