New subordinating conjunctions and relative pronouns
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can identify subordinating conjunctions and relative pronouns and select the ones that are appropriate to use in different sentence contexts.
Key learning points
- Adverbial clauses and relative clauses are types of subordinate clause; they must be joined to a main clause.
- Adverbial clauses start with subordinating conjunctions; there are many of these with different purposes.
- Relative clauses start with relative pronouns; occasionally in informal language, the relative pronoun is omitted.
- Adverbial clauses can be placed before or after a main clause in an adverbial complex sentence.
- Relative clauses are placed after the noun or noun phrase they tell us more about (and can be at the end of a sentence).
Keywords
Subordinating conjunction - a word that starts an adverbial clause
Adverbial clause - a type of subordinate clause that starts with a subordinating conjunction
Relative pronoun - a word that starts a relative clause
Relative clause - a type of subordinate clause that starts with a relative pronoun
Common misconception
Pupils may have previously only seen a relative clause interrupting a main clause.
A relative clause can be placed after any noun it refers to, including at the end of a sentence.
Teacher tip
Encourage pupils to say sentences aloud to work out 'what sounds right'. This is particularly true when deciding whether a relative clause should have commas around it using the new relative pronouns.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of the following would we always find in a complex sentence?
Q2.Match the types of sentence to the examples.
Q3.Which of these are correctly formed compound sentences?
Q4.Which of the following are complex sentences?
Q5.Which of the following are non-finite (-ing) complex sentences?
Q6.Which of these are correctly punctuated relative complex sentences?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What kind of word starts an adverbial clause?
Q2.Which of the following can be subordinating conjunctions that start adverbial clauses?
Q3.Which of the following could complete this sentence? 'Aisha won the race even though __________.'
Q4.A relative clause is always placed after ...
Q5.Which sentences contain a relative clause?
Q6.What is the relative clause in this sentence? 'The finger that I had bruised was all swollen.'
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