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Relative Clauses

Look at the following sentences and decide why they are incorrect. If you are not sure of the answer read the explanations that follow. The man, who is sitting next to the door, is my friend's dad. John Smith who will be 80 next week is a millionaire. My brother, that lives in Southampton, is an engineer. Rockall is an uninhabited island lies north west of mainland Scotland. Peter's the man I met at Jenny's party. The man who he gave me a car has left me.

Defining relative clauses:


Defining relative clauses give the necessary information to know which thing or person is being referred to. The man who lives next door has won the lottery. If you took the defining relative clause out of the sentence, you would not know which man was being referred to. The man has won the lottery. Defining relative clauses are not separated by commas.

Relative pronouns:
Subject Object Person Who (that) -- (that) Thing That (which) -- (that)

If the relative pronoun is the object it can be left out. There is only one whisky (that) I haven't tried.

Non-defining relative clauses:


Non- defining relative clauses contain extra information. If you leave this information out you can still understand who or what is being talked about. My brother Stephen, who is moving to France, is a research scientist. My brother Stephen is a research scientist. Non-defining relative clauses are separated by commas. 'That' cannot be used instead of 'who' and 'which'. Click on the words below to try some relative clause tasks.

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