Relative Clauses
Is this rule correct or incorrect:
Non- defining relative clauses introduce essencial information to understand who or what is being talked about.
False
Defining relative clauses introduce important information to identify which object or what person is being described.
Is the following rule correct?
We use gerunds to talk about general preferences.
Provide an example
True
I like having online lessons.
It’s a household appliance which removes dust and dirt from floors and carpets using suction.
Vacuum cleaner
Complete using the correct relative pronoun:
This is the device ___ I bought last week.
This is the device which/that I bought last week.
Gerund or infinitive?
| remember to play/plaving with my cousins every Sunday when I was young.
Justify your answer.
| remember plaving with a tablet when I was young.
Here we use remember + gerund (-ing) to talk about a memory of a past action — something that already happened and you now remember.
It’s a machine which washes and dries plates, glasses, and cutlery automatically.
Dishwasher
Prepare a defining relative clause using the following words
book /downloaded / about technology.
The book that I downloaded is about technology.
Paraphrase the following sentence:
You always ask questions when we are watching the series. Please don't! (STOP)
Please ___________when we are watching the series!
Please stop asking me questions when we are watching the series!
To move the content of a screen towards the top, revealing new content below (phrasal verb)
To scroll up
Correct the mistake and justify your answer
The conclusion, which appears at the end of an article, summarizes the main points.
We need the relative pronoun "which" instead of "that" as "that" cannot be used in non-defining relative clauses.
Which is the difference between these two sentences:
A. The students stop to reorganize the body paragraphs before submitting the article.
B. The students stop reorganizing the body paragraphs before submitting the article.
A. The students stopped an activity that they were doing in order to reorganize the body paragraphs before submitting the article.
B. The students don't reorganize the body paragraphs before submitting the article.
To use something completely so that nothing is left (phrasal verb)
To run out