types of relative clauses

A course clause

• adds unimportant information to the main clause

• adds important information to the main clause

• don't add any information to the main clause

• adds information to the main clause ( important or unimportant)

A defining relative clause

• adds essential information to the main clause

• adds a non-essential information to the main clause

• don't add any information to the main clause

• adds information to the main clause ( essential or non-essential)

A non-defining relative clause

• adds essential information to the main clause

• adds non-essential information to the main clause

• don't add any information to the main clause

• adds information ( essential or non-essential)

The dog who is for me is white

This sentence contains a relative clause that is

• defining relative clause

• non-defining relative clause

My brother, who is tall, is handsome

The relative clause here is

• defining relative clause

• non-defining relative clause

You can remove the - - - - - relative clause from the sentence

• defining

• non-defining

you can't remove a - - - - - - relative clause

• defining

• non-defining