Grammar

Question 1

What do you know about defining relative clauses?

use of comma, pronouns, use of “that”, omitting of pronouns

Answer 1

• no commas
• use the following relative pronouns: who, which, whose, when, where, why
• ‘that’ can be used instead of ‘who’ or ‘which’
• who, which, that can be omitted when they are the object of the clause

Question 2

What do you know about non-defining relative clauses?

use of comma, pronouns, use of “that”, omitting of pronouns

Answer 2

• use commas
• use the following relative pronouns: who, which, whose, when, where, why
• do not use ‘that’
• the relative pronoun cannot be omitted

Question 3

What do you know about co-ordinating relative clauses?

use of comma, pronouns

Answer 3

• follow a comma

- always use which