Relative Pronouns
What is a Relative Pronoun?
A pronoun that is used to refer to nouns mentioned previously
What is a Subordinate Conjunction?
Parts of a speech that join dependent clauses to independent ones.
What is a defining clause?
A clause that gives essential information about the subject in the sentence.
How are Relative Pronouns used?
Used immediately after the noun or pronoun they modify.
After Daniel finished work for the day, he left for the market.
What type of conjunction is in use?
Time or Place
True or False: Dependent clauses are absolutely necessary to a sentence.
False
When is 'who' supposed to be used in a sentence?
To describe a person.
Mr. Harris will arrive late for the meeting because of a traffic jam in the corporate area.
Identify the conjunction that shows the relationship of cause and effect.
Because
The mayor of Kingston, who is in his third term, spoke confidently during his speech.
Identify the Non-Defining clause in the sentence.
The young man who caused the fire in the school cafeteria was brought to the principal's office.
Identify the relative pronoun and the noun it is referring to.
Relative pronoun - 'who'
Noun - 'young man'
Identify at least 2 subordinate conjunctions in the following sentence.
In the event of severe flooding, we are able to rescue citizens now that we have the equipment to do so.
- In the event
- now that
- so
Marcus Garvey is one of Jamaica's most famous heroes because of his successful empowerment campaigns for black people.
Identify the independent clause.
'Marcus Garvey is one of Jamaica's most famous heroes...'