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Primary English · Year 5Chapter 4 · Relative clauses and adverbials of time, place and cause
Year 5 English · Relative clauses and adverbials of time, place and cause · Lesson 4.2

Year 5 English: Relative clauses with whose, where and when

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4.2

Relative clauses with whose, where and when

Year 5
Use relative clauses beginning with whose, where and when (G5-1)
Story. Omar is writing a travel diary about a trip to a farm. He describes the day when the lambs were born, the barn where the hens slept, and the farmer whose dog came to meet them at the gate.

Key pattern

whose shows that something belongs to the noun: the girl whose bike is red.

where is used for a place: the park where we played.

when is used for a time: the day when the sun shone.

Key ideas

  • whose shows ownership: whose coat, whose kite.
  • where introduces a place: the shop where we bought bread.
  • when introduces a time: the week when the snow fell.
  • Read the sentence aloud in your head to check the clause makes sense.
Worked example 4.2.1
Find the relative clause in The boy whose coat was torn waited by the gate.

Method. Look for whose and the words after it.

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

Check. Whose coat was torn. ✓

Worked example 4.2.2
Choose where or when: The day ____ we visited the farm was sunny.

Method. The noun day is a time.

  1. Check the noun. Day is a time.
    time
  2. Choose the word. When is used for a time.
    when
  3. Write the answer.
    when

Check. The day when we visited the farm was sunny. ✓

Worked example 4.2.3
Choose where or when: The café ____ we ate lunch has new chairs.

Method. The noun café is a place.

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

Check. The café where we ate lunch. ✓

Exercise 4B  Practice: whose, where and when

1
FWrite the relative pronoun in The girl whose bike is red rides to school.
2
FWrite the relative clause in The park where we played is closed.
3
FChoose where or when: The farm ____ the hens live is near the river.
4
FChoose where or when: Spring is the time ____ the lambs are born.
5
FWrite the relative clause in Winter is the season when the days are short.
6
FWhich relative pronoun shows that the coat belongs to the boy: whose or where?
7
PSChoose whose, where or when: This is the village ____ my grandmother grew up.
8
PSChoose whose, where or when: That is the author ____ books I like best.
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PSCombine these sentences using whose: The girl is my cousin. Her kite flew over the hill.
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PSCombine these sentences using where: The library is big. We borrow books there.
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RWrite a sentence with a relative clause that begins with when, about a season.
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RExplain why whose is used in The author whose book I read is famous.

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