New subordinating conjunctions and relative pronouns

English

Clause structure

Five sentence types

Subject and object

In this unit, pupils learn what the subject and object of a clause are when interrogating the five sentence types: simple, compound, adverbial complex, relative complex and non-finite complex. 

In 'Five sentence types', pupils revised the first four sentence types and learnt a fifth: the non-finite complex sentence. In this unit, pupils will learn what the subject and object of a clause are when interrogating the five sentence types. 

In this unit, pupils review five sentence structures: simple, compound, adverbial complex, relative complex and non-finite complex, all with their associate comma rules in place. They learn some new subordinating conjunctions and relative pronouns, as well as subject and object for the first time.

Using five sentence types

What kind of word starts an adverbial clause? 

Which of the following can be subordinating conjunctions that start adverbial clauses? 

Which of the following could complete this sentence? 'Aisha won the race even though __________.'

A relative clause is always placed after ... 

Everyone stared at Lucas, who was being silly. 

Lucas, who was being silly, was embarrassing himself. 

Which sentences contain a relative clause?

What is the relative clause in this sentence? 'The finger that I had bruised was all swollen.'

Which of the following would we **always** find in a complex sentence?

We could do that, but I don't think we'd enjoy it. 

The rain, which was very heavy, soaked us to the skin. 

Match the types of sentence to the examples.  

He will either win the sack race, or he will come second. 

He will either win the sack race or the beanbag race. 

We can take the train and we can take the bus. 

Which of these are correctly formed compound sentences? 

We all watched closely as Mr Martinez showed us how to draw the animal. 

We all watched Mr Martinez and we listened to what he was saying. 

When the day was over, we put our chairs on the tables. 

Miss O'Neill, who is very kind, stayed behind at lunch to help me. 

Which of the following are complex sentences? 

Looking up, I saw Sofia entering the room. 

Which of the following are non-finite (-ing) complex sentences? 

The moon, which was bright silver, beamed down on us. 

The moon which was bright silver beamed down on us. 

The moon, which was bright, silver beamed down on us. 

Which of these are correctly punctuated relative complex sentences? 

Starter Quiz

Which of the following would we always find in a complex sentence?