DEFINING AND NON DEFINING CLAUSES

DEFINING AND NON DEFINING CLAUSES

Multiple Choice

Which sentence needs the word who?

• Is that the woman ___ Dan was talking about?

• Is that the woman ___ you work with?

• Is that the woman ___ lives next door to your grandmother?

Multiple Choice

That’s the shop ___ I bought my wedding ring.

• where

• which

• (no word is needed here)

Multiple Choice

Rewrite these sentences:

Greg bought a camera yesterday.

The camera doesn’t work.

• The camera that Greg bought yesterday doesn’t work.

• Greg, who bought a camera yesterday, doesn’t work.

• The camera who Greg bought yesterday doesn’t work.

Multiple Choice

What CANNOT go in the space?

Julie looked after the injured bird ___ she found in the garden.

• (No word is needed here)

• that

• who

Multiple Choice

The mountain ____ we climbed yesterday was the highest mountain in Britain!

• what

• where

• which

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence. Indicate whether a comma (,) is needed.

The weather was fantastic ____ was unusual for that time of year.

• which

• , that

• , which

Multiple Choice

Rewrite these sentences.

Emma is often bored at home.

Emmas husband goes away a lot.

• Emma, whose husband goes away a lot, is often bored at home.

• Emma, who is often bored at home, husband goes away a lot.

• Emma's husband, who goes away a lot, she is often bored at home.

Multiple Choice

Rewrite these sentences.

Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland.

My aunt lives in Edinburgh.

• The capital of Scotland, which my aunt lives, is Edinburgh.

• My aunt lives in Edinburgh, which is the capital of Scotland.

• Edinburgh, which is the capital of Scotland, lives my aunt.

Multiple Choice

We walked as far as the waterfall, ____ is over 40 metres high.

• which

• that

• where

Multiple Choice

The apple tree which is at the bottom of the garden needs to be cut down.

The sentence above indicates that

• there are several apple trees in the garden.

• there is one apple tree in the garden.

• there are several apple trees at the bottom of the garden.

Multiple Choice

Taylor has a new car, ____ is twice as big as his old one.

• that

• which

• who

Multiple Choice

In defining relative clauses, we can also use THAT for people and things.

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

This clause is NOT separated with commas:

• Defining Relative Clause.
• Non-definining Relative Clause.

Multiple Choice

This clause is separated with commas:

• Defining Relative Clause.
• Non-definining Relative Clause.

Multiple Choice

Stephen King, who is American, is a famous writer.
The clause in blue is an example of a...

• Defining Relative Clause.
• Non-definining Relative Clause.
• Aditional Relative Clause
• Standard Relative Clause.

Multiple Choice

We don't need this clause to understand the sentence.

• Defining Relative Clause.
• Non-definining Relative Clause.
• Aditional Relative Clause
• Standard Relative Clause.

Multiple Choice

We need this clause to know who or what we're talking about.

• Defining Relative Clause.
• Non-definining Relative Clause.
• Aditional Relative Clause
• Standard Relative Clause.

Multiple Choice

This relative clause gives aditional information about the person/thing/possession/place.

• Defining Relative Clause.
• Non-definining Relative Clause.
• Aditional Relative Clause
• Standard Relative Clause.

Multiple Choice

This relative clause gives essential information about the person/thing/possession/place.

• Defining Relative Clause.
• Non-definining Relative Clause.
• Subject Relative Clause
• Standard Relative Clause.

Multiple Choice

What are the two types of relative clauses?

• Defining and Non-defining Relative Clauses.
• Essential and Aditional Relative Clauses.
• Subject and Object Relative Clauses
• Standard and Non-standard Relative Clauses.

Multiple Choice

We use thIS relative pronoun to give information about places.

• WHERE
• WHICH
• WHO
• WHOSE

Multiple Choice

We use this pronoun
to give information about people.

• WHO
• WHICH
• WHOSE
• WHERE

Multiple Choice

True or False?
"WHO, WHICH, THAT, WHOSE, WHERE are relative pronouns"

• Yes!
• No way!
• Mmm, I have no clue...
• What's a relative pronoun???

Multiple Choice

True or False?
"Relative clauses give information about a person, an object, a place, etc..."

• Yes!
• No way!
• Mmm, I have no clue...
• What's a relative clause???