Grade 4 Fall — Persuasive/Argument Writing, Compound-Complex Sentences, Relative Clauses, and Modal Auxiliaries
English · GR
G4
eng.g4.f.gr.relative_pronouns_adverbs
Identify and use relative pronouns (who, whose, whom, which, that) and relative adverbs (where, when, why) — L.4.1.a
Recognize the five relative pronouns and three relative adverbs, and the noun each is used to modify. Distinguish WHO (people, subject), WHOSE (possessive), WHOM (people, object — formal), WHICH (things, often non-restrictive with comma), THAT (restrictive — necessary info, no commas), WHERE (place), WHEN (time), WHY (reason). Embed a relative clause in a sentence to add information about a noun without starting a new sentence.
Mastery threshold
90%
Min instances
14
Typical minutes
40
Spaced intervals (days)
1, 3, 7, 14, 30, 60
Successors
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eng.g5.f.gr.relative_clauses_restrictive_nonrestrictive_commas
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Common misconceptions
- Uses WHICH for people and WHO for things ('the bookwich I read' / 'the boy which is my friend').
- Misses the restrictive-vs-nonrestrictive comma rule (uses comma with THAT, or omits comma with WHICH non-restrictive).