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    Defining and Non-Defining Relative Clauses

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    Relative clauses provide additional information about a person or thing mentioned in a sentence. There are two types of relative clauses: defining and non-defining. Defining relative clauses are essential to the meaning of the sentence, while non-defining clauses provide extra information. Relative pronouns like who, which, that, and whose are used to connect the relative clause to the main clause, and relative adverbs like where and when can also be used.

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    Relative clauses provide additional information about a person or thing mentioned in a sentence. There are two types of relative clauses: defining and non-defining. Defining relative clauses are essential to the meaning of the sentence, while non-defining clauses provide extra information. Relative pronouns like who, which, that, and whose are used to connect the relative clause to the main clause, and relative adverbs like where and when can also be used.

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    Relative clauses provide additional information about a person or thing mentioned in a sentence. There are two types of relative clauses: defining and non-defining. Defining relative clauses are essential to the meaning of the sentence, while non-defining clauses provide extra information. Relative pronouns like who, which, that, and whose are used to connect the relative clause to the main clause, and relative adverbs like where and when can also be used.

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    Defining and Non-Defining Relative Clauses

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    Relative clauses provide additional information about a person or thing mentioned in a sentence. There are two types of relative clauses: defining and non-defining. Defining relative clauses are essential to the meaning of the sentence, while non-defining clauses provide extra information. Relative pronouns like who, which, that, and whose are used to connect the relative clause to the main clause, and relative adverbs like where and when can also be used.

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    Relative clauses

    Defining and Non-Defining Relative


    Clauses

    Miss Anna's Marvelous Grammar Presentation


    Relative clauses
    They give us information about a person or thing mentioned.
    • The woman who lives next door is a sales manager.
    • There are some flights that have been cancelled.
    • Summer is the season when we go on holiday
    • This is the stadium where Real Madrid plays.
    • He is the painter whose painting was sold for a 1 million
    dollars.

    Miss Anna's Marvelous Grammar Presentation


    Relative pronouns and
    adverbs:
    We use relative pronouns or adverb to connect a relative
    clause:
    • who/that → for people
    • which/that → for animals and objects
    • whose → for possessions
    • where → for places
    • when → for time

    Miss Anna's Marvelous Grammar Presentation


    Defining Relative clauses
    All the previous sentences are defining
    relative clauses:

    • The woman who lives next door is a • Defining relative clauses give us
    sales manager. essential information
    • There are some flights that have been • The sentence makes no sense without
    cancelled. the relative clause
    • Summer is the season when we go on • You can use “that”
    holiday
    • There are no commas
    • This is the stadium where Real Madrid
    plays.
    • He is the painter whose painting was
    sold for 1 million dollars.
    Miss Anna's Marvelous Grammar Presentation
    Omitting the relative pronoun
    In these sentences the relative You can omit the relative pronoun
    pronoun can be omitted: if:
    • The woman (who/that) I love is a • The relative pronoun is the object
    sales manager. of the sentence
    • There are some flights (that) • A relative pronoun is the object of
    nobody would take. the clause because it is followed
    • Everything you say sounds by another subject + verb
    correct. • With other words: if a noun or
    • Everybody I know will be at the pronoun comes immediately after.
    party.

    Miss Anna's Marvelous Grammar Presentation


    Non-Defining Relative clauses
    • My aunt, who lives next door, is a sales • Non-Defining relative clauses
    manager. give us extra information
    • My dog, which is cocker spaniel, is • The message of the sentence
    eleven years old. is clear without the relative
    • Summer, when we get our holidays, is clause.
    my favourite season. • You can’t use “that”, you
    • Wembley Stadium, where FA Cup Final must use “which” instead
    is played, can host 90000 spectators. • Commas separate the relative
    • My cat, whose name is Lady Agatha, clause from the rest of the
    was adopted from the street. sentence

    Miss Anna's Marvelous Grammar Presentation


    Miss Anna's Marvelous Grammar Presentation

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