Forming Relative Clauses

This worksheet is designed for students in Grades 4, 5, and 6 to practice combining ideas into clear, well-structured sentences using relative clauses. By transforming information in parentheses into relative clauses with who, whom, whose, which, and that, learners strengthen grammar accuracy, sentence fluency, and understanding of how ideas connect logically in written English.

Skills Reinforced

• Grammar and Sentence Composition (Grades 4-6)
  Develops accurate formation of relative clauses that add meaningful detail to sentences.
• Relative Pronoun Usage
  Reinforces correct selection and use of who, whom, whose, which, and that based on grammatical role and meaning.
• Sentence Coherence and Clarity
  Helps students smoothly integrate additional information without creating run-ons or awkward phrasing.
• Complex Sentence Construction
  Builds confidence in writing compound and complex sentences with clear relationships between ideas.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource
  Designed by educators to align with upper-elementary grammar and writing standards.
• Hands-On Sentence Building
  Moves beyond identification to active construction of relative clauses.
• Supports Writing Fluency
  Encourages students to combine ideas naturally and efficiently.
• Flexible Classroom Use
  Ideal for grammar lessons, writing workshops, independent practice, or homeschool instruction.

This printable grammar worksheet helps students apply relative pronoun rules in meaningful sentence construction tasks. By forming relative clauses themselves, learners deepen grammatical understanding, improve sentence fluency, and develop stronger writing coherence. Suitable for classroom or homeschool use, it’s a no-prep resource that supports confident, accurate use of complex sentence structures.

This worksheet is part of our Relative Pronouns collection.