Homework and home learning tasks for Year 5 English, using relative clauses to describe a mysterious rainforest.
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A relative clause adds extra information about a noun, usually starting with ‘who’, ‘which’, ‘where’, or ‘whose’.
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What’s Included
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• Identify Task: A section for circling or underlining relative pronouns like ‘who’, ‘where’, ‘which’, and ‘whose’ in example sentences.
• Apply Section: A sentence-rewriting activity where pupils add suitable relative clauses to sentences about old castles and parks.
• Create Task: A descriptive writing prompt for a short paragraph about a mysterious rainforest, using at least three relative clauses.
• Success Criteria Checklist: A self-assessment tool for pupils to check their use of commas and different relative pronouns.
• Teacher’s Post-Task Briefing: A guide with model answers and a model paragraph for marking.

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How to Use It
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1. Assign the Identify and Apply sections for homework so pupils move from spotting relative pronouns to using them in sentences.
2. Display the Success Criteria checklist before writing, so pupils know what to check for in their rainforest paragraph.
3. Challenge higher-attaining pupils with the Refine extension, encouraging them to try omitting relative pronouns.

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Curriculum Coverage
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• KS2 National Curriculum — English (Year 5): Pupils learn to use relative clauses beginning with who, which, where, when, whose, or that.
• KS2 Writing Composition: Enhancing descriptive writing through expanded noun phrases and the punctuation of parenthetical information using commas.

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Last updated: 1 July 2026
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File Includes
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