Relative clauses that tuck a whole extra fact into the sentence
Lesson 15 of 17 Year 5
Task 1 gives the letter of the right option as printed on the sheet. Task 2 lists the mistakes in the order they appear, with the correction. Task 3 and 4 answers are models, not the only acceptable wording: any answer that uses the rule the lesson taught should be credited.
MildPerson → who. Thing → which. Owner → whose. Place → where. Never what.
1 · Tick the right one
a Ab Ac Bd BA = left option, B = right option
3 · Now you write
Model answers
The chef who made the soup was kind.
Today's soup, which was too hot, burnt my tongue.
The café where we eat is by the bridge.
4 · Help Polpetta
Nonna is a person, so the word is who: Nonna is the baker who taught me everything. What is never the word that starts a clause like this.
2 · Find the 3 mistakes
1
The waiter which served us
The waiter who served us
2
The customer what ordered three puddings
The customer who ordered three puddings
3
The café who we all love
The café which we all love
Mia, who carries four plates at once is already right. Accept that for the café.
MediumMatch the word to what it follows, then decide: is the clause an aside, or does it pick one out?
1 · Tick the right one
a Bb Ac Ad BA = left option, B = right option
3 · Now you write
Model answers
Tick: Mia, who is my sister, works on Fridays., Leo, who loves cake, ate it all. · Nonna, who is eighty, still bakes.
Tick: whose · The girl whose bike was stolen went to the police.
Tick: The waiter who served us was kind., The cake that I made is gone.
4 · Help Polpetta
Nonna is a person, so he needed who: Nonna is the baker who taught me everything. What is not a relative pronoun; it is how the sentence sounds in speech, not how it is written.
2 · Find the 4 mistakes
1
The waiter which served us
The waiter who served us
2
The customer what ordered three puddings
The customer who ordered three puddings
3
Our oven, which is older than me still works.
Our oven, which is older than me, still works.
4
The morning where the oven broke
The morning when the oven broke
Nonna, whose bread is famous, is the owner-word clause that is already right; Mia, who carries four plates at once, is also correct.
SpicyChoose the pronoun, then choose the commas, and be ready to defend both choices.
1 · Tick the right one
a Ab Ac Ad BA = left option, B = right option
3 · Now you write
Model answers
Mia, who is the fastest waitress, carries the plates that nobody else can lift.
The chefs who were tired went home (only the tired ones went). The chefs, who were tired, went home (all of them went, and they happened to be tired).
The café whose windows face the river fills up at sunset.
4 · Help Polpetta
The comma turns the clause into an aside, so the sentence now claims Nonna is the baker, the only one, and taught me everything is just extra. Without the comma the clause picks out which baker she is. A comma before who is right when the clause could be lifted out: Nonna, who is eighty, still bakes daily.
2 · Find the 6 mistakes
1
The waiter which served us
The waiter who served us
2
Mia, who carries four plates at once never drops a thing
Mia, who carries four plates at once, never drops a thing
3
The customer what ordered three puddings
The customer who ordered three puddings
4
the couple which sat by the window
the couple who sat by the window
5
Our oven, which is older than me still works
Our oven, which is older than me, still works
6
the morning where it finally broke
the morning when it finally broke
Nonna, whose bread is famous, is already right, and the recipe that she guards so fiercely is a correct picking-out clause with no commas.