Curated OER
Combining Sentences: Correct Punctuation of Phrases and Clauses
Break down the particularities of sentence combining with this explanatory handout. Using three example sentences, the handout demonstrates a variety of ways to combine sentences. This resource could act as a reference sheet for your...
Curated OER
Guess What Board Game
Students play the game "Guess What" to review using a relative clause. In this ESL lesson plan, students listen to the teacher describe something using the relative clause and then guess what that thing is or the students must define...
Curated OER
The Relative Clause
In this relative clause worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences with the correct relative clause. Students complete 17 multiple choice questions.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: The Clause
This site provides definitions and examples of main (independent) clauses, subordinate (dependent) clauses, relative clauses, and noun clauses. It also offers instructions on using these clauses in sentences.
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Ef Education First: English Grammar: Relative Adverbs
Information and examples about relative adverbs and how they are used to introduce relative clauses.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Relative Pronouns
Learn to use relative pronouns to link clauses together!
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Relative Clauses
We use relative pronouns to connect descriptive phrases to nouns, creating a relative clause. Test your knowledge of how they work!
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: The Relative Clause
The section of this site dedicated to the relative clause provides the user with skills to be able to recognize relative clauses through a list of relative pronouns and relative adjectives along with sample sentences and examples.
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Western Grammar: Module 2: Advanced Sentence Structure
Online grammar textbook explaining sentence structure provides definitions of different types of subordinate clauses and exercises related to this topic. There is also information on phrases and other components of sentences.
English Zone
English zone.com: Noun Clauses: Embedded Questions
An interactive exercise with four examples followed by ten practice sentences. Students combine two sentences by starting each with a noun clause. When finished, students can check their work to see how many answers are correct.
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University of North Carolina at Pembroke: Adjectivals
This page from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke provides instructions and examples for using different types of phrases (prepositional, appositive, and participial) as adjectives in sentences.