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Relative clauses – defining relative clauses Relative clauses  add extra information to a sentence by defining a noun. They are usually divided into two types –  defining relative clauses  and  non-defining relative clauses . Defining relative clauses Look at this sentence: The woman who lives next door works in a bank. ‘ who lives next door ’ is a  defining relative clause . It tells us which woman we are talking about. Look at some more examples: Look out! There’s the dog that bit my brother. The film that we saw last week was awful. This is the skirt I bought in the sales. Can you identify the  defining relative clauses ? They tell us which dog, which film and which skirt we are talking about. Relative pronouns Relative clauses  are usually introduced by a  relative pronoun  (usually  who ,  which ,  that , but  when ,  where  and  whose  are also possible) With  defining relative clauses  we can use  who  or  that  to talk about people. There is no differen

Relative clauses - non-defining relative clauses Relative clauses  add extra information to a sentence by defining a noun. They are usually divided into two types –  defining relative clauses  and  non-defining relative clauses . Non-defining relative clauses Look at this sentence. ·          My grandfather, who is 87, goes swimming every day. ‘who is 87’ is a  non-defining relative clause . It adds extra information to the sentence. If we take the clause out of the sentence, the sentence still has the same meaning. Look at some more examples. ·          My eldest son, whose work takes him all over the world, is in Hong Kong at the moment. ·          The film, which stars Tom Carter, is released on Friday. ·          The car, which can reach speeds of over 300km/ph, costs over $500,000. In the first sentence, it is clear which son is being talked about and the relative clause provides extra information. In the second sentence, the speaker thinks you know which f