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RELATIVE CLAUSES

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  • In a non-defining clause, we can replace “who” with “that.”
    FALSE
  • In the sentence “The book (that) I bought yesterday is interesting,” the word that can be omitted.
    TRUE
  • The relative pronoun whose can refer to both people and things.
    TRUE
  • The sentence “Students who study hard usually get better results” contains a defining relative clause.
    TRUE
  • Non-defining relative clauses give extra information that is not essential to the meaning of the sentence.
    TRUE
  • n “The man who helped me is my teacher,” we can omit who.
    FALSE
  • We can never use that after a preposition (e.g. the person to that I spoke).
    TRUE
  • We can omit the relative pronoun if it is the subject of the clause.
    FALSE
  • In “My brother, who lives in Canada, is a doctor,” the clause who lives in Canada is non-defining because it just gives extra information.
    TRUE
  • We can use where to refer to a time instead of a place.
    FALSE
  • In a defining relative clause, we use commas to separate the clause from the main sentence.
    FALSE
  • The relative pronoun why is used to give a reason.
    TRUE