Relative Clauses in English

A relative clause is a type of clause that is inside another clause and provides ______ information.

A relative clause always starts with a ______.

The main function of a relative clause is to provide ______ about the noun it refers to.

If we eliminate the main clause and leave only the relative clause, the sentence would be ______.

The relative clause depends on the ______ clause to make sense.

A ______ clause is a clause that provides necessary information to understand who or what we are referring to.

A non-defining relative clause provides ______ information about the person or thing referred to.

To differentiate between defining and non-defining relative clauses, we can look at the use of ______.

Relative pronouns are used to refer to a ______ that has already been mentioned.

A defining relative clause does not use ______ to separate the clause from the main sentence.