Relative Clauses Check

Year 5 EnglishRelative Clauses2 pages

About this worksheet

A one-page Year 5 check on relative clauses, with the answer key on page 2. Part 1 asks pupils to underline the clause in three sentences, such as The boy who won the race is in my maths class. Part 2 has three gaps to fill from whose, where, which and that, starting with The woman ___ dog barked said sorry. Part 3 asks for a pair of commas in My sister who is twelve plays the violin, then for The bridge is long. It crosses the river. to be joined into one sentence. It follows England National Curriculum grammar for Years 5 and 6.

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Curriculum objectives covered

Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation

โ€œusing relative clauses beginning with who, which, where, when, whose, that, or with an implied (i.e. omitted) relative pronounโ€

Parts 1 and 2 test spotting and choosing the pronoun, and Part 3 question 2 asks pupils to write a clause.

Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation

โ€œusing brackets, dashes or commas to indicate parenthesisโ€

Part 3 question 1 needs a pair of commas around who is twelve.

What's inside this worksheet

Underline the Relative Clause

Three sentences, including My jumper, which is my favourite colour, is in the wash. Pupils underline the whole clause.

Fill in the Gaps

A box of whose, where, which and that, and three sentences with a gap each. The film sentence can take either which or that.

Add Commas and Combine

One sentence needs a pair of commas. A second pair of sentences about a bridge is combined on two writing lines.

Answers

The underlined clauses, the three pronouns, the corrected sentence and a model for the bridge, with other accepted versions.

How teachers use it

End of unit

Give it at the end of a relative clauses unit. Ten minutes is enough, and the answer key is on a separate page for marking.

Marking

Accept both which and that for the film gap, and both versions of the bridge sentence. The key lists the extra answers.

Grouping

Pupils who miss Part 3 question 1 need more work on commas around extra information. Those who miss Part 2 need the pronoun guide.

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