Relative clauses

What's the book ______ we must read this term?

• who

• where

• -

The final decision,  ______ not everybody is going to like, will be announced at the next meeting.

• which

• that

• -

This phone is much better than the first phone ______ you showed me.

• whose

• that

• -

My sister, ________ dog I'm looking after, is visiting a friend in Australia.

• whose

• which

• that

• -

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

1. Study the situations and then decide whether the following relative clauses are defining or non-defining.

   defining – no commas
   non-defining – commas

2. We are on holiday. Yesterday we visited a church.
   
   

• 1. The church which we visited yesterday is very old.

• 1. The church, which we visited yesterday, is very old.

1. Study the situations and then decide whether the following relative clauses are defining or non-defining.

2. Kevin has four cats. Two of them are black.
   
   

• 1. Kevin's two cats which are black can play outside.

• 1. Kevin's two cats, which are black, can play outside.

1. Study the situations and then decide whether the following relative clauses are defining or non-defining.

2. I have three brothers.
   
   

• 1. My brother who lives in Sidney came to see me last month.

• 1. My brother, who lives in Sidney, came to see me last month.

1. I gave you a book. It had many pictures.
   → The book

• I gave you had many pictures.

• that I gave you had many pictures.

• which I gave you had many pictures.