Relative pronoun theory

1. Relative clauses describe or give extra information about something.

• True

• False

2. We use relative pronouns like 'which', 'that', 'who' and 'where' at the beginning of relative clauses.

• True

• False

3. The information in relative clauses is always essential for understanding the sentence.

• True

• False

4. Some relative clauses give additional information which is not essential for understanding.

• TRue

• False

5. 5. Relative clauses that give additional information are called 'defining'.

• True

• False

6. Relative clauses are always in the middle of a sentence.

• True

• False

7. We can use exactly the same relative pronouns in defining and non-defining relative clauses.

• True

• False

8. The punctuation is different for defining and non-defining clauses.

• True

• False