Extra oefeningen defining and non defining relative clauses.

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Defining & non-defining 

relative clauses

Relative pronouns

The children, who were tired, went to sleep.

The girl that I like turned out to be Brian's sister. 

A comedy is a type of film which is funny. 

The mountain that we climbed was the highest one in Britain! 

Tim Burton, whose distinctive style is know all over the world, makes the greatest films ever! 

Defining relative clause

• necessary information about the topic
  
  
• cannot be left out 
  
  
• part of the main sentence 

Non-defining relative clause

• extra information about a topic
  
  
• can be left out
  
  
• between 2 commas

The boys, who are making a lot of noise, are playing a 'truth or dare' game.

1. defining
2. non-defining

What do you call someone who creates computer programs?

1. defining
2. non-defining

Relative pronouns

The children, who were tired, went to sleep.

The girl that I like turned out to be Brian's sister. 

A comedy is a type of film which is funny. 

The mountain that we climbed was the highest one in Britain! 

Tim Burton, whose distinctive style is know all over the world, makes the greatest films ever! 

What do these relative pronouns refer to? 

Make correct combinations.

person

thing

possession

that

who

whose

which

He is a famous architect ...
designs won an international award last year.

1. who
2. which
3. that
4. whose

The photocopier, ...
has a two-year guarantee, cost $2000.

1. who
2. which
3. that
4. whose

The people ...
were stopped at the border were all from Eastern Europe.

1. whose
2. which
3. that

(Maak deze oefening op een apart blad, check de volgende slide voor de antwoorden) 

Correction

1. that / which

2. that / which

3. that / which

4. who / that

5. who

6. that / which

7. that / which

In ex. 6 a: highlight the answers where you can DROP the relative pronoun. ( Doe dit op jullie blad, check de volgende slide voor de juiste antwoorden)

Do the next exercise and highlight the answers when you drop the relative pronoun.