Year 5 · SPaG · Relative clauses
Year 5 recognising relative clauses worksheet and PowerPoint
To recognise a relative clause in a sentence, to say which noun it describes, and to know whether it is extra information or needed.
Relative clauses
A relative clause gives extra information about a noun. It starts with a relative pronoun and comes straight after the noun it describes.
If the clause is extra information, put it between commas. If it is needed to say which one you mean, use no commas.
| who | for people: the girl who won the race |
|---|---|
| which | for things: the castle which stands on the hill |
| whose | for belonging: the boy whose kite flew away |
| where | for places: the park where we play |
| when | for times: Friday, when we swim |
| that | for people or things, when the clause is needed: the book that I borrowed |
Examples
- Our teacher, who loves music, plays the piano.
- The book that I borrowed is very exciting.
Key words
- relative clause
- a clause that gives extra information about a noun
- relative pronoun
- who, which, whose, where, when or that: it starts the clause
- noun
- the person, place or thing the clause describes
- embedded
- in the middle of a sentence
What is on the worksheet
Every sheet for this lesson has a short teaching box and 12 questions that get gradually harder: 8 fluency questions, then 4 reasoning questions that ask pupils to explain or choose. A writing challenge follows. The questions use the same styles as the key stage 2 grammar and punctuation test (circle, underline, tick, fill the gap, add punctuation, rewrite, explain). They are written for this website, not copied from past papers.
All the answers are on the last page of the same editable Word file. New questions are made every time, so you can print a different sheet for every group or for homework. The same sheet code always gives the same sheet.
Writing challenge: Find five sentences with a relative clause in a book. Copy each one, underline the relative clause and draw an arrow to the noun it describes.
Pupil target: I can find a relative clause in a sentence.
The PowerPoint
A 20-slide lesson deck for the same lesson: a starter that revisits earlier learning, key words, an I do and a You do question on each slide with a countdown timer, answers that appear one click at a time, and a challenge. Download the recognising relative clauses PowerPoint.
Where this lesson fits
This is lesson 7 of 43 in the Year 5 SPaG scheme, in the block “Relative clauses”.
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