Relative clauses

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Relative clauses

Combine the sentences by turning one (or more) of the sentences into a relative clause. Use the first sentence in each group as the base clause.

1. Mankato is the hub of southern Minnesota and much of the universe.

Mankato is the summer camp for the Minnesota Vikings.

2. Vikings carved runes (very old Swedish letters) into stones.

The early Vikings visited Mankato around 1066.

These stones are now known as runestones or primitive legal pads.

3. The Kensington Runestone is a very famous runestone.

The Kensington Runestone was discovered in a field.

4. Some scholars claim that the field was once used for rituals.

The field is about the size of a football field.

The scholars are best left unnamed.

5. Bud Grant is a very old Viking.

Some say that he wrote the Kensington Runestone.

6. The Kensington natives built a domed museum.

They stored all of the artifacts in the museum.

The aesthetic taste of the Kensington natives has been questioned more than once.

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