Relative ClausesAcademic Center Exercises
We recommend you complete exercises
1,
2,
and 3 and
at least one from exercises
4,
5, and
6.
Exercise
1: In exercise one, about Edouard Manet, you'll set off relative
pronouns with brackets, put parentheses around the
relative
clause,
and circle the noun that is being modified. (9 sentences) An answer
key is included at the end of the exercise.
Exercise
2: Exercise two contains a brief paragraph about Andrew Wyeth.
Modified noun phrases have been capitalized. Your task will be to
add commas only when the relative
clause
modifies
a proper noun or a noun already familiar to the reader. (6 sentences)
An answer key is included at the end of the exercise.
Exercise
3: In this exercise about Grandma Moses, you'll
need to add commas only where needed. (8 sentences) An answer key
is included at the end of the exercise.
Exercise
4: In exercise four about Claude
Monet's garden, you'll read the brief passage and underline
the relative clauses. Set off the non-restrictive clauses with commas.
An answer key is included at the end of the exercise.
Exercise
5: In exercise five (also about Monet's garden), you'll
read the brief passage and underline the relative clauses. Next, you
should set off
the
non-restrictive
clauses
with commas. An answer key is included at the end of the exercise.
Exercise
6: In exercise five about Matisse, you'll read the brief
passage and punctuate and capitalize it correctly. Next, you'll underline
the relative clauses and
set off
the
non-restrictive
clauses with commas. An answer key is included at the end of the
exercise.
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tutoring session with a writing tutor or contact an
online
tutor to discuss any of these exercises or for additional assistance.
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