Year 5 English · Relative clauses and adverbials of time, place and cause · Summary
Year 5 English Relative clauses and adverbials of time, place and cause: summary and key words
Part of the Year 5 English relative clauses and adverbials of time, place and cause chapter. Chapter overview · whole chapter on one page
Chapter summary
| Skill | Method |
|---|---|
| who, which, that | Relative pronouns that join a clause to a noun: who for people, which for things, that for either. |
| whose, where, when | whose shows ownership, where shows a place, when shows a time. |
| Leaving out the pronoun | It can be left out when it is the object of the clause: the book I read. |
| Adverbials | Time (later), place (under the tree), cause (because of the rain, since). |
| Main and subordinate clauses | A main clause stands alone; a subordinate clause depends on it. |
Can you…?
- I can use who, which and that to add information about a noun
- I can use whose, where and when in relative clauses
- I can leave out a relative pronoun when it is the object
- I can choose adverbials of time, place and cause
- I can tell a main clause from a subordinate clause
Key terms
- relative clause
- a clause that gives more information about a noun, starting with who, which, that, whose, where or when
- relative pronoun
- a word such as who, which or that that joins a relative clause to a noun
- adverbial
- a word or phrase that tells when, where or why something happens
- main clause
- a clause that makes sense on its own
- subordinate clause
- a clause that does not make sense on its own and depends on a main clause
- conjunction
- a word that joins two clauses, such as because, when or until