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Defining and Non-Defining relative clauses

Relative clauses are sentence components that modify nouns and are introduced by relative pronouns. Defining relative clauses provide essential information for identifying the noun, while non-defining relative clauses offer additional, non-essential information and are separated by commas. Examples illustrate the use of both types of clauses and the relative pronouns involved.

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Defining and Non-Defining relative clauses

Relative clauses are sentence components that modify nouns and are introduced by relative pronouns. Defining relative clauses provide essential information for identifying the noun, while non-defining relative clauses offer additional, non-essential information and are separated by commas. Examples illustrate the use of both types of clauses and the relative pronouns involved.

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Defining and

Non-Defining
relative clauses
What is a relative clause?
A clause is a part of the sentence
that contains a subject and a
predicate. Relative clauses are
introduced by a relative pronoun.
Relative clauses follow nouns to
modify them.
Examples:
-1 BTO A, which is composed by 25 students, is a very friendly group.
-They have 12 different subjects that they will all pass.
-The group, whose delegates are Aroa and Fran, is composed by 8 boys and
17 girls.
-They go up 2 flights of stairs to get to the classroom where they meet
every morning.
-The students who make my days happier are around 16 years old.
Examples:
-1 BTO A, which is composed by 25 students, is a very friendly group.
-They have 12 different subjects that they will all pass.
-The group, whose delegates are Aroa and Fran, is composed by 8 boys and
17 girls.
-They go up 2 flights of stairs to get to the classroom where they meet
every morning.
-The students who make my days happier are around 16 years old.
Examples:
-1 BTO A, which is composed by 25 students, is a very friendly group.
-They have 12 different subjects that they will all pass.
-The group, whose delegates are Aroa and Fran, is composed by 8 boys and
17 girls.
-They go up 2 flights of stairs to get to the classroom where they meet
every morning.
-The students who make my days happier are around 16 years old.
Examples:
-1 BTO A, which is composed by 25 students, is a very friendly group.
-They have 12 different subjects that they will all pass.
-The group, whose delegates are Aroa and Fran, is composed by 8 boys and
17 girls.
-They go up 2 flights of stairs to get to the classroom where they meet
every morning.
-The students who make my days happier are around 16 years old.
Relative pronouns
Relative pronouns
who whose
which that
when whom
where why
Defining relative clauses
Defining relative clauses provide information that is
essential to identify the noun modified.
-They have 12 different subjects that they will all pass.
-They go up 2 flights of stairs to get to the classroom
where they meet every morning.
The students who make my days happier are around 16 years
old.
Defining relative clauses
EXTRA INFO! The relative pronouns that, who, which, and when can
be omitted in defining relative clauses IF they are NOT the subject of
the relative clause.
-They have 12 different subjects that they will all pass.
-They go up 2 flights of stairs to get to the classroom where they meet
every morning.
The students who make my days happier are around 16 years old.
Non-Defining relative clauses
Non-Defining relative clauses provide information that is NOT
essential to identify the noun modified. We use
commas to separate them. The pronoun that is not
allowed.
-1 BTO A, which is composed by 25 students, is a very friendly
group.
-The group, whose delegates are Aroa and Fran, is composed by
8 boys and 17 girls.

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