Relative Clauses worksheet

Here's the worksheet that I handed out yesterday with the exercises on relative clauses as objects.

The relative pronoun is optional if it is the object of the sentence.

The chef changed the recipe that the customers said was too spicy.
The chef changed the recipe which the customers said was too spicy.
The chef changed the recipe X the customers said was too spicy.

If the relative clause has a subject that is not the relative pronoun, it is an object relative clause.

The cat that Martin saw killing the mouse is orange.

Main sentence: The cat is orange.
Relative clause: that I saw killing the mouse
Subject of the main sentence: cat
Subject of the relative clause: Martin

If the relative clause does not have a subject, then the relative pronoun is the subject of the clause.

The mechanic fixed the car that was in the accident in ten minutes.

Main sentence: The mechanic fixed the car in ten minutes.
Relative clause: that was in the accident
Subject of the main sentence: mechanic
Subject of the relative clause: that