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2BATX - Defining and non-defining clauses

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    Defining and non-defining practice
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  • Write one sentence on the board which contains a DEFINING relative clause.
    Accept any grammatically correct answer.
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  • Write one sentence on the board which contains a NON-DEFINING relative clause.
    Accept any grammatically correct answer.
  •  20
  • Write one sentence on the board which contains a relative clause which can have the RELATIVE PRONOUN removed.
    Accept any grammatically correct answer.
  •  25
  • Is this sentence correct?: My brother, that lives in London, is coming to visit us next week.
    Incorrect. "who lives in London"
  •  20
  • Is this sentence correct?: The book I bought yesterday is really interesting.
    Correct
  •  20
  • Is this sentence correct?: The company in which she works for is expanding internationally.
    Incorrect: The company in which she works / The company she works for
  •  20
  • Rewrite this sentence on the board using a formal structure: The colleague who I was talking to didn’t agree with the decision.
    The colleague to whom I was talking didn’t agree with the decision.
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  • We visited the wax museum_which was very crowded. (comma or no comma?)
    comma
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  • Go to the music room, _______ is next to the hall.
    when
    which
    who
    where
  •  5
  • Students, ____ ideas are respected, will be keener to share them in class.
    which
    when
    whose
    who
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  • Write a defining sentence with the following:I like the girl. Her hair is dark.
    I like the girl whose hair is dark.
  •  15
  • Write a non-defining sentence with the following: Our house is pretty old. It has 3 bedrooms.
    Our house, which is pretty old, has 3 bedrooms.
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  • My new shop, which you saw last week, is very successful. Defining or non-defining?
    non-defining
  •  5
  • Everyone who got to the sales early found excellent bargains. Defining or non-defining?
    defining
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  • Is this sentence correct? My father who is a doctor lives in Madrid.
    My father, who is a doctor, lives in Madrid.
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  • Describe this character using a relative clause.
    Accept any grammatically correct answer.
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