DEFNINING AND NONDEFINING RELATIVE

She was thinking about the two jobs. They were offered to her.

She was thinking about the two jobs ____________________.

The gentleman must be rich. His car is a Jaguar.

The gentleman ______________________ must be rich.

Plaza Square is near the church. They hold markets there.

Plaza Square,_______________, is near the church.

What are defining clauses?

• Defining clauses define who did the action in the sentence.

• Defining clauses are the clauses that introduce essential/important information in the sentence that cannot be omitted.

• Defining clauses introduce information that is not important in the sentence. You can omit them without affecting the message of the speaker.

What are non-defining clauses?

• Non-defining clauses define who did the action in the sentence.

• Non-defining clauses are the clauses that introduce essential/important information in the sentence that cannot be omitted.

• Non-defining clauses introduce information that is not important in the sentence. You can omit them without affecting the message of the speaker.

What is the correct statement about non-defining relative clauses?

• They give essential information about a thing, person, ...

• We don't use commas in non-defining relative clauses

• We can delete non-defining relative clauses without changing the meaning of the sentence

• "that" can replace "who/which" in non-defining relative clauses

Choose the sentence in which defining & non-defining relative clauses are used correctly.

• My mother, who is 40 years old, looks younger than her age.

• A lot of teenagers are interested in BTS who is a famous Korean boy band.

• Isabella, is always in the top 3, got a bad mark in the last exam because of sleeplessness.

• My ipad, that I bought 3 days ago, stopped working.

My next-door neighbour, .............. children go to school with ours, has just bought a new car.

• which

• who

• whom

• whose

December, .......... Christmas is celebrated, is a summer month for the southern hemisphere.

• whose

• that

• when

• which

He dedicated his work to William Shakespeare .......... .

• that he admired a lot

• , whom he admired a lot

• whom he admired a lot

• , that he admired a lot