Short answerModerate1 mark
4(c)
Join the following sentences to make one complete sentence without using and, but or so.
This is the place. The dog was rescued from its cruel owner.
Topic: Synthesis — relative clause
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Answer
Exam answer
This is the place where the dog was rescued from its cruel owner.
Explanation
The two sentences are joined by the relative adverb WHERE, because the shared element is a PLACE.
The relatives to learn as a set, each tied to what it refers to: WHO — people WHICH — animals and things WHERE — places WHEN — times WHOSE — possession "In which" would also be correct here but is heavier.
METHOD for every relative-clause synthesis: find what the two sentences have in common, keep it as the subject of the main clause, and attach the rest with the relative that matches its kind.
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