HP Level C GM pg. 171- Relative Clauses
Relative Clause: a dependent clause (it cannot stand on its own; it depends on another clause) that tells more about a noun or pronoun.
People
who, whom, whose
that
Things
which
Ex.) Joseph Cinque belonged to a group of people called Mende. He lived near Sierra Leone.
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Practice: Combine the sentences using relative clauses to make complex sentences.
Singbe was a young African man. His name was changed by the slave traders.
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The traders put the young man on a ship bound for Cuba. They captured Cinque.
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The traders were not very kind. They guarded the prisoners on the ship.
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