PPT-RELATIVE CLAUSES Relative Clauses are formed by joining 2 sentences:

Peter is the student He comes from Glasgow Peter is the student WHO comes from Glasgow The books are on the table They are mine The books . RELATIVE? In relation to what?. What types of relative clauses are there?. How are they built into the sentence?. What problems can students have?. Where do relative clauses appear. in the sentence?. Chapter 4. Clauses. When he was bedridden. After he played tennis. He stopped at the pharmacy.. Clauses. A clause is a group of words that contains both a . subject. and a predicate (. verb. ).. Analyzing sentences can be fun.. When we have a . subject. , a . verb . and a . complete thought. , we have a sentence.. (This is also known as an independent clause – independent because it can stand alone). Independent clauses. We can add muscle to our writing and build more complex sentences by joining two . Grammar Part II . Part 1: Sentences. A . Sentence. is a group of words that make a complete idea. . Sentences are made up of . 3 parts. :. 1. . The Subject . – what is being spoken of.. 2. . Verb . From. Susan Anker’s Real Writing with Reading. Definition. Coordination “ can be used to join two sentences when the ideas in them are equally important” (483).. Subordination “ can be used to join two sentences when one idea is more important than the other” (483).. Relative clauses - defining or non-defining?. Study the situations and then decide whether the following relative clauses are defining or non-defining.. defining – no commas. non-defining – . commas. simple, compound, . comples. Simple Sentences. It expresses a single complete thought that can stand on its own. . A . simple sentence contains a subject and a verb. .. EXAMPLES. . . The baby cried for food. Inserting Words. Inserting Groups of Words . Combining Subjects & Verbs. Combining Complete Sentences. Combining Sentences. Inserting Words. Pull a key word from one sentence and insert it into the other sentence. Add the key word and drop the rest of the 2. Part 2: with non-subject pronouns. Review:. Adjective clause: what is it?. Relative pronoun: what is it?. Example sentences:. Amy Tan is a writer. She was born in California.. Make a complex sentence with an adjective clause:. Grammar Review Clauses An   independent clause  is a group of words that contains a subject and verb and expresses a complete thought. A dependent clause has a subject and a verb, but cannot stand alone because it does not express a complete thought. Overview. Basic form. Different grammatical roles. Subjective relatives. Objective relatives. After-preposition relatives. Possessive relatives. Basic meaning of relative pronouns . Semantic & Structural differences. What is a main clause?. A main clause makes sense on it’s own.. The explorers had found the location. A main clause. Sarah had found the. Not a main clause. It was cold in the . Icelands. Let’s examine a Sentence. The . boy. . ran. .. . . Sub . Verb. The . boy. . ran. . fast. .. . . Sub . Verb . Adverb. The boy ran . as fast as deer. .. . . Phrase (Adverbial Phrase). Clause Logic Service (CLS) provides the contracting officer the ability to answer a Q&A session and based on those answers it will pull the appropriate clauses*. If the contracting officer decides not to include a particular clause it can be deleted as outlined below..