Year 5 English Relative clauses and adverbials of time, place and cause: check-up and practice test questions

Method. Find the word that joins the clause to boy.

1. Find the noun. The noun is boy.
   boy
2. Find the pronoun. Who joins the clause to boy.
   who
3. Write the answer.
   who

Check. Who. ✓

Method. The noun bus is a thing.

1. Check the noun. A bus is a thing.
   thing
2. Choose the word. Which is used for things.
   which
3. Write the answer.
   which

Check. Which. ✓

Method. Find the pronoun and the clause after it.

1. Find the pronoun. Where introduces a place.
   where
2. Write the clause. Where we played.
   where we played
3. Write the answer.
   where we played

Check. Where we played. ✓

Method. Monday is a time.

1. Check the noun. Monday is a day, which is a time.
   time
2. Choose the word. When is used for a time.
   when
3. Write the answer.
   when

Check. When. ✓

Method. Remove that because it is the object.

1. Check the object. That is the object of picked.
   object
2. Remove the pronoun. The sentence still makes sense.
   The apple Sam picked was red.
3. Write the answer.
   The apple Sam picked was red.

Check. The apple Sam picked was red. ✓

Method. Find the phrase that tells why.

1. Find the reason. The storm is the reason.
   why
2. Write the phrase. Because of the storm.
   because of the storm
3. Write the answer.
   because of the storm

Check. Because of the storm. ✓

Method. Look for the word that tells when.

1. Check the words. Until shows the time for waiting.
   time
2. Write the conjunction. Until joins the time clause.
   until
3. Write the answer.
   until

Check. Until. ✓

Method. Count the verbs.

1. Find the verbs. The verbs are rained and stayed.
   rained, stayed
2. Count the clauses. Because it rained and we stayed in are two clauses.
   2 clauses
3. Write the answer.
   2

Check. 2. ✓

Method. Find the part that makes sense alone.

1. Check each part. Although the rain fell does not make sense alone.
   subordinate
2. Find the main clause. We played outside makes sense alone.
   main
3. Write the answer.
   we played outside

Check. We played outside. ✓

Method. Use whose to show who owns the noun.

1. Choose the owner. The girl owns the cat.
   the girl
2. Write the sentence. The girl whose cat is black lives on our road.
   The girl whose cat is black lives on our road.
3. Write the answer.
   The girl whose cat is black lives on our road.

Check. The sentence uses whose. ✓

Method. Find the word that joins the clause to river.

1. Find the noun. The noun is river.
   river
2. Find the pronoun. That joins runs past our school to river.
   that
3. Write the answer.
   that

Check. That. ✓

Method. Remove that because it is the object.

1. Check the object. I is the subject and that is the object.
   object
2. Remove the pronoun. The sentence still makes sense.
   The song I like best is on this album.
3. Write the answer.
   The song I like best is on this album.

Check. The song I like best is on this album. ✓

Method. Find the phrase that tells when.

1. Find the time. Later on tells when we will paint.
   when
2. Write it. Later on is the adverbial of time.
   Later on
3. Write the answer.
   Later on

Check. Later on. ✓

Method. The noun village is a place.

1. Check the noun. A village is a place.
   place
2. Choose the word. Where is for a place.
   where
3. Write the answer.
   where

Check. Where. ✓

Method. Find the word that shows ownership.

1. Find the pronoun. Whose shows that the coat belongs to the boy.
   whose
2. Write the clause. Whose coat was torn.
   whose coat was torn
3. Write the answer.
   whose coat was torn

Check. Whose coat was torn. ✓

Method. Find the part that does not stand alone.

1. Find the conjunction. Because begins the second part.
   because
2. Write the clause. Because it was raining.
   because it was raining
3. Write the answer.
   because it was raining

Check. Because it was raining. ✓

Method. Count the verbs.

1. Find the verbs. The verbs are rang and ran.
   rang, ran
2. Count the clauses. When the bell rang and the children ran into the hall.
   2 clauses
3. Write the answer.
   2

Check. 2. ✓

Method. Use which after the noun bag.

1. Find the noun. The noun is bag, a thing.
   bag
2. Join the clauses. Use which I carried home after bag.
   The bag which I carried home was heavy.
3. Write the answer.
   The bag, which I carried home, was heavy.

Check. The bag which I carried home was heavy. ✓

Method. Find the subject of the verb.

1. Find the verb. The verb is waved.
   waved
2. Find the subject. Who waved, so who is the subject.
   who
3. Write the answer.
   who is the subject of waved, and the clause needs it

Check. Who is the subject. ✓

Method. Test each part to see if it makes sense on its own.

1. Explain the main clause. A main clause makes sense alone, such as we went home.
   alone
2. Explain the subordinate clause. A subordinate clause does not make sense alone, such as because it rained.
   depends
3. Write the answer.
   a main clause makes sense on its own; a subordinate clause needs a main clause, such as because it was raining

Check. A main clause stands alone; a subordinate clause depends on it. ✓