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defining vs non defining relative clauses

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  • Rewrite: There’s the café. I had lunch at that café yesterday. (use where)
    where I had lunch yesterday
  • Fill in: That’s the girl [___] dad has a salon in town.
    whose
  • Complete: Lily wants to live in the mountains ______. (She can go skiing in the winter)
    where she can go skiing in the winter
  • Choose: These are the shoes ___ hurt my feet.
    that / who / whose / when
  • Choose: Which sentence has a non-defining relative clause?
    is fun. / The car that is red is mine.
    Miami
    which is hot
  • Complete: This hat comes from Campeche ______. (Campeche is a small town in Mexico)
    which is a small town in Mexico
  • Fill in: Thursday’s the day [___] I meet Joe after school.
    when
  • Choose: Have you seen my striped sweater ___ I was wearing yesterday?
    that / who / when / where
  • Add commas: Her gray suit which she bought from the new department store was very expensive.
    was very expensive.
    which she bought from the new department store,
    Her gray suit
  • Complete: The old man ______ started to sing. (The old man was very tired)
    who was very tired
  • Complete: The portrait ______ was of a young prince. (The portrait was in a silver frame)
    which was in a silver frame
  • Fill in: A street performer is someone [___] plays music on the street.
    who
  • Add commas: Miami where we go on vacation every year is really nice.
    Miami
    is really nice.
    where we go on vacation every year
  • Add commas: Zehra whose mother is an English teacher doesn’t like English!
    doesn’t like English!
    whose mother is an English teacher
    Zehra
  • Choose: That’s the day ___ we have an English test.
    when / where / who / whose
  • Rewrite: That’s the student. The student’s bag is blue. (use whose)
    whose bag is blue
  • Fill in: That’s the hair salon [___] I have my hair cut.
    where
  • Rewrite: Winter is a season. We wear knitted sweaters to keep warm. (use when)
    when we wear knitted sweaters to keep warm
  • True or False: Non-defining relative clauses need commas.
    True
  • Choose: This is the playground ___ the younger children play.
    where / who / when / whose
  • Complete: Paul Walker ______ won a fashion design competition. (Paul Walker’s sister is in my class)
    whose sister is in my class
  • Choose: Janet is the girl ___ hair is really long.
    whose / who / that / where
  • Rewrite: We met some people. They work at the market. (use who)
    who work at the market
  • Fill in: The price is the amount [___] you pay for an item.
    that
  • Complete: The necklace ______ was bought for $20 000. (The necklace was made in 1876)
    which was made in 1876
  • Rewrite: She put on the sweater. The sweater was in the closet. (use that)
    that was in the closet
  • Fill in: I know a great place [___] we can have lunch.
    where
  • Choose: Do you know the girl ___ lives across the street?
    who / whose / where / that
  • Add commas: London which has some fantastic buildings is the capital city of England.
    which has some fantastic buildings
    is the capital city of England.
    London
  • Fill in: We visited a castle [___] was built 600 years ago.
    that
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