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Teaching Unit On The Relative Clauses
Example: He’s a tennis player who placed fourth in a national tennis tournament as a kid, a bowler who has bowled a 228, a big time golfer whose handicap used to be 18, a race-car fanatic who hobnobs with fellow enthusiast Paul Newman and drives a Porshe
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Part 1
Meaning and Use
A relative (adjective) clause is one that describes the noun. ... These clauses generally begin with relative pronouns: Who, Whom, That, Which, Whose, (Where).
Like adjectives, relative clauses modify nouns. Unlike adjectives, they are dependent clauses that immediately follow the nouns they modify. The two main types of relative clauses – restrictive and non-restrictive – have distinct meanings and uses. The difference depends on the kind of information that the relative clause tells about the noun in the main clause.
Restrictive Relative Clauses: Meaning and Use
• The students who are sitting near me look tired. ...
Some relative clauses complete the meaning of the sentence. ...
Without the relative clauses, the preceding sentences don’t seem to be related. ...
Commas aren’t used with restrictive relative clauses. If commas are added, the meaning of the relative clause changes.
A restrictive relative clause can occur anywhere in the sentence, but it must immediately follow the noun that it modifies.
Approximate Word count = 1041
Approximate Pages = 4.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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