12A: Defining & Nondefining Relative Clauses - Use & Form

Use ______ relative clauses to identify or describe people, things, and places.

• nondefining

• defining

• adjective

• independent

Answer explanation

define is similar to identify

______ relative clauses should not be separated by commas.

• nondefining

• defining

• adjective

• independent

Answer explanation

commas separate extra information, but defining clauses aren't extra

Use ______ relative clauses to give extra information about people, things, and places.

• nondefining

• defining

• adverb

• dependent

Answer explanation

If it's nondefining, it's extra information and not necessary

______ relative clauses need to be separated from the main clause with commas.

• nondefining

• defining

• adverb

• dependent

Answer explanation

Commas separate extra information from the main part of a sentence.

Defining relative clauses are _____ to know what noun is being talked about.

• optional

• independent

• necessary

• unnecesary

You can use that instead of who or which in _____ relative clauses.

• defining

• nondefining

Use _____ to indicate possession.

• whom

• whose

• that

• which

_____, the object of who is sometimes used in formal English.

• whom

• whose

• who's

• which

A relative clause is a kind of _____ clause.

• independent

• dependent

What are these words called: "who," "which," "that," "whom," and "whose"?

• relative clauses

• conjunctions

• phrasal verbs

• relative pronouns

Answer explanation

Relative pronouns introduce relative clauses