Restrictive/Non-Restrictive Clauses - JHS

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Identify the type of clause: The soft cartilage that makes up sharks' skeletons dissolves over time.

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Restrictive

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Read the following: The players who are wearing the red uniforms are winning the game. Which answer choice correctly identifies the correct clause with the proper explanation?

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restrictive clause: If we take out the clause, we won't know which players are winning the game. The information is essential.

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Does the sentence "The computer that is on the front table needs a new battery." contain a restrictive or nonrestrictive clause?

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restrictive

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What indicates a restrictive clause?

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A sentence that includes information that is essential to the meaning of the sentence and does not use commas.

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What indicates a nonrestrictive clause?

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A sentence that includes information that is non-vital to the meaning of the sentence and is offset by commas.

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Which sentence is correctly punctuated?
1. Would you lend me the book, that you recommended last week?
2. Would you lend me the book that you recommended last week?

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Would you lend me the book that you recommended last week?

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Which sentence is correctly punctuated? Oliver Twist, which was Dickens’s second novel, is a classic., Oliver Twist which was Dickens’s second novel is a classic.

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Oliver Twist, which was Dickens’s second novel, is a classic.

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Which of the following is correctly punctuated?
Options: Children, who eat vegetables, are more likely to become healthy adults., Children who eat vegetables are more likely to become healthy adults

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Children who eat vegetables are more likely to become healthy adults

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What type of clause is in red: The man who had the handlebar mustache pressed Adam for an answer.

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restrictive

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What type of clause is in red: Mr. offer, whose family lives in Germany, will be our guest this weekend.

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Non-restrictive