Relative Clause App

Relative Clauses

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What are Relative Clauses?

We use **relative clauses** to describe or give extra information about an object, person, or place.

• We use **who** to describe people. People who live in urban areas now have different diets.
• We use **that** and **which** for things. The farms that we visited use new approaches to farming.
• We use **where** to describe locations and places. The area where farming takes place is now being used for industry.

Defining Relative Clauses

A **defining relative clause** gives information to explain the specific place, object, or person being described. Without this clause, the meaning of the sentence would be unclear.

Example: Products which are environmentally friendly try to limit the damage they do to the environment. (We are defining which products we are talking about.)

Non-defining Relative Clauses

A **non-defining relative clause** gives extra information about something that is already specific. This type of clause is not essential to the meaning of the sentence and is always set off by **commas (,).**

Example: The farms, which are now a group in the region of Jakarta, are responsible for many of the area's foods. (The farms are already a specific group; the clause adds extra, non-essential information.)

Quiz Time!

Read each sentence and identify the relative clause. Then, decide if it's defining or non-defining.

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