Defining & Non-defining Relative Clauses

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???

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

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

We use this pronoun
to give information about people.

• WHO
• WHICH
• WHOSE
• WHERE

Tags

CCSS.L.6.1A

We use this relative pronoun to give information about things.

• WHICH
• WHERE
• WHO
• WHOSE

We use this relative pronoun
to give information about possessions.

• WHOSE
• WHO
• WHERE
• WHICH

We use this relative pronoun to give information about places.

• WHERE
• WHICH
• WHO
• WHOSE

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.

Tags

CCSS.W.6.9A

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.

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.

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.