Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Clauses

Which of the following indicate a restrictive clause?

• a sentence that includes information that is vital to the meaning of the sentence and does not use commas

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

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.6.2A

Which of the following indicate a nonrestrictive clause?

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

• a sentence that includes information that is vital to the meaning of the sentence and does not use commas

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.6.2A

Which sentence is correctly punctuated?

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

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

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.6.2A

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.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.4.2C

Which of the following is correctly punctuated?

• The lamp which was given to me by Aunt Betsy is on the bedside table.

• The lamp, which was given to me, by Aunt Betsy, is on the bedside table

• The lamp, which was given to me by Aunt Betsy, is on the bedside table.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.6.2A

Which of the following is correctly punctuated?

• Children, who eat vegetables, are more likely to become healthy adults.

• Children who eat vegetables are more likely to become healthy adults

• Children, who eat vegetables, are more likely to become healthy adults.