DEFINING AND NON-DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES

This swimming pool is for people_ who can't swim very well.

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Martha_ who is a very good student_ won first prize in Maths.

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For camp the children need clothes_which are washable.

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Laura likes the necklace_ that her parents gave her.

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My back_ which had hurt all day_ was still painful that evening.

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We took the train to Paris_ which is a city I love.

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My grandfather, _____ is 87, goes swimming every day.

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I spent my last holiday in Spain, ______ is a large country.

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My eldest son, _______ work takes him all over the world, is in Hong Kong at the moment.

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This is Peter, ___ I met at the party last week

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