Exercise! Relative Clauses: Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Clauses

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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