Sentence StructureBIntermediate

Relative Clauses

Combining Sentences with Relative Clauses

Relative clauses are a key tool for joining two sentences elegantly. "I have a colleague. She speaks five languages." → "I have a colleague who speaks five languages." Find the noun that appears in both sentences, replace it with the appropriate relative pronoun, and embed the second clause into the first.

Combining Sentences with Relative Clauses

Relative clauses are a key tool for joining two sentences elegantly. "I have a colleague. She speaks five languages." → "I have a colleague who speaks five languages." Find the noun that appears in both sentences, replace it with the appropriate relative pronoun, and embed the second clause into the first.

Practice

Combine: "This is the café. I first met my partner here." Put the combined sentence in order:

Click words from the bank to place them here

Combine: "She works for a company. The company was founded in 1985." Which is correct?

The scientistresearch led to the vaccine received an award.

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