Writing Handbook Exercises
 

Working with Relative Clauses

Revise the sentence pairs below into a single sentence by turning the bold-faced sentence into a relative clause. Determine whether the relative clause needs to be separated from the rest of the sentence by a comma. Write your finished sentences in the blanks provided.

example:

Commander Stephen was concerned about a U-boat.

The Admiralty's situation reports had placed the U-boat to the north of the convoy.

Commander Stephen was concerned about a U-boat, which the Admiralty's situation reports had placed to the north of the convoy.

2. The CF Operations Manual is mired in lists and formality.

The CF Operations Manual contains much valuable information.