TRUE OR FALSE?
We can use relative clauses to join two English sentences.
TRUE
1. who a. people
2. which b. people and things
3. that c. things
1-a
2-c
3-b
A year later, Amy Winehouse, _____ has got such a unique voice, recorded her debut album.
who
The group which supported Oasis was great.
NECESSARY
The CDs that are new are under the table.
DEFINING.
We can use relative clauses to give more information about something.
TRUE
4. why d. place
5. when e. time
6. where f. reasons
4-f
5-e
6-d
The year The Killers released Hot Fuss was a moment _____ lots of changes were taking place in my life.
when
in which
The CD which I bought last week was brilliant.
UNNECESSARY
The CD I bought last week was brilliant.
I've bought some CDs, which are new, and I've left them under the talbe.
NON-DEFINING
merely additional information.
ALL the information added by relative clauses will ALWAYS be necessary to the context.
FALSE (see: which)
The track _____ I like best is definitely "Karma Police".
which
My favorite song is one which I can play over and over again.
UNNECESSARY
My favorite song is one I can play over and over again.
The concert tickets which cost $300 are for Katy Perry's concert.
DEFINING.
A defining relative clause tells which noun we are talking about.
Ex.:
TRUE
The Killers sing about things _____ are very important.
that
Katy Perry is having a concert and I've bought some tickets for us, which costed $300.00
NON-DEFINING
merely additional information
A non-defining relative clause gives us extra information about something. We don't need this information to understand the sentence.
TRUE.
My friends and I always go clubbin' _____ there's pop music playing.
where
Bruno Mars has a song that really touches my soul. It is called: "Count On Me". But he also has many other songs, which are also soul-touching.
DEFINING, NON-DEFINING