1. Relative clauses are “embedded” grammatical structures, contained inside other grammatical structures. 2. Relative clauses play a central role in English discourse. 3. Relative clause knowledge is ...
An essential relative clause provides necessary, defining information about the noun. On the other hand, non‐ essential relative clauses provide additional, non‐necessary information about the noun.
TOURIST ONE: I knew she’d be here. I saw a scaly tail. TOURIST TWO: Turned out to be a part of Nessie. NARRATOR: A relative clause adds to a sentence by using a pronoun. You saw a scaly tail, ‘that’ ...
Some sentences below contain relative clauses; some do not. If you believe that a sentence contains a relative clause, (A) Click on the first word of the relative clause. (B) Then click on the last ...