Relative Clauses: Clauses Connected by a Relative Pronoun
Relative clauses are clauses which describe a noun or pronoun by means of a relative pronoun. Relative pronouns (e.g.
A relative clause can have a subject, verb, object, and modifiers like a main sentence. But the relative pronoun makes the entire clause function as a statement modifying another word.
A relative clause usually functions as an adjective modifying a noun (or sometimes modifying a pronoun).
who,
which,
that,
whoever,etc.) connect a defining phrase to the word modified. The relative pronoun (and therefore the entire clause) refers to the same entity as the word modified.
A relative clause can have a subject, verb, object, and modifiers like a main sentence. But the relative pronoun makes the entire clause function as a statement modifying another word.
A relative clause usually functions as an adjective modifying a noun (or sometimes modifying a pronoun).
Relative Clauses
Clauses with
who,
which,etc., that function to define a noun.
The Relative Clauses are highlighted in the following sentences.
The window that was broken fell out.
I ran to the house which is near the bank.
The boy who ran down the alley fell down.
Hint: Relative clauses can be recognized by finding the relative pronouns. It is helpful to ask which noun (or pronoun) the clause modifies.
Find the Relative clauses in the following sentences.
First, click on the relative clause.
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The LORD will repay for the blood that he shed. - 1 Kgs. 2:32
For you, brothers, became imitators of God's churches in Judea which are in Christ Jesus. - 1 Thes. 2:14
Those who trusted in Cush and boasted in Egypt will be afraid. - Isa. 20:5
You shall bring the Israelites into the land that I swore to give them. Deut. 31:23
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