Unlocking the Secrets of Relative Sentences

Unlocking Relative Sentences

Discover the secrets behind relative sentences. Explore the syntax and grammar rules that govern these complex structures. Learn how to effectively use relative clauses to enhance your writing and communication skills.

Relative Clauses

Main verbs or subjects are not the only important elements in a sentence!
Relative clauses provide information about nouns or pronouns and make sentences richer. They can describe people, places, things, or events. Without them, sentences would be less descriptive and engaging. So, remember to use relative clauses to add depth to your writing!

Unlocking Relative Sentences

• Relative Sentences are introduced by relative pronouns like who, whom, whose, which, that, where and when.

• Relative clauses can be defining or non-defining.

• Defining clauses provide essential information, while non-defining relative clauses provide extra information.

Multiple Choice

What do relative clauses provide?

• Essential information

• Extra information

• Both essential and extra information

• No information

Multiple Choice

What type of relative clause provides essential information about the noun it modifies?

• Defining Relative Clause

• Non-defining Relative Clause

Relative Pronouns

​WHO WHICH THAT WHOSE WHERE WHEN

WHO: It is used to refer to PEOPLE
WHICH: It is used to refer to ANIMALS; OBJECTS OR IDEAS
THAT: It is used as a substitute for WHO and WHICH
WHOSE: It is used for POSSESSION
WHERE: It is used to refer to PLACES
WHEN: It is used to refer to TIME

Multiple Choice

Thanks for the chocolates ___ you sent me.

• who

• which

• where

Multiple Choice

There was a princess ___ lived in a castle.

• who

• which

• where

• whose

Multiple Choice

Lugo is a town ___ is famous for its Roman walls.

• who

• which

• whose

• where

Multiple Choice

The Sil is the river ___ we fish.

• which

• whose

• when

• where

Multiple Choice

What is the relative pronoun that refers to OBJECTS?

• when

• which

• where

• who

Multiple Choice

Autumn is a time _________ leaves fall from trees.

• which

• when

• where

• who

Types of Relative Sentences

• Defining Relative Clauses: Provide essential information about the noun they modify.

• Non-defining Relative Clauses: Provide additional, non-essential information about the noun they modify.

Multiple Choice

• This is the key that opens the door.

• Is this relative sentence defining or non-defining?

• Defining

• Non-defining

Multiple Choice

• I hang out with my friends on Saturday, which is my favourite day of the week.

• Is this relative sentence defining or non-defining?

• Defining

• Non-defining

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