Exercises

	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.

4. Most important to the founding of the College was the philosophical view of the Prime Minister of the day, Alexander Mackenzie. Prime Minister Mackenzie believed that a country with aspirations of self-government had to take some responsibility for providing for its own defence.


4. Most important to the founding of the College was the philosophical view of the Prime Minister of the day, Alexander Mackenzie , who believed that a country with aspirations of self-government had to take some responsibility for providing for its own defence.