Exercise! Relative Clauses: Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Clauses

1. Relative clauses are always in the middle of a sentence.

2. The punctuation is different for restrictive and nonrestrictive relative clauses.

3. The information in relative clauses is always essential for understanding the sentence.

4. Teachers, who do not spend enough time on class preparation, often have difficulty explaining new lessons.

5. Some relative clauses give additional information which is not essential for understanding.

6. We use relative pronouns like 'which', 'that', 'who' and 'whom' at the beginning of relative clauses.

7. We can use exactly the same relative pronouns in restrictive and nonrestrictive relative clauses.

8. Relative clauses that give additional information are called 'restrictive'.

9. Relative clauses describe or give extra information about something.

10. This rum, which I bought in Bali Island, is very smooth.