The students, who worked very hard, went on a school trip.

The students who worked very hard went on a school trip.

RELATIVE CLAUSES

Defining relative clause

It explains who, what or where we are talking about.

Who and that for people Marie Curie is the woman  who discovered radium.

Which or that for things This is the house  that Jack built 

Where for places Stratford-upon-Avon is  the town  where  Shakespeare was born.

Whose for possessions This is George  whose  brother went to school with me.

Non-defining relative clause

It gives extra information about a noun. The main clause makes sense with or without the relative
clause. We use a comma before and after the clause who or which with that.

Lord Thompson,  who is 76, has just retired.

We had fish and chips,  which I always enjoy.
I met Rebecca in town yesterday,  which was a nice surprise.
1 Complete the sentences with which, where, who
or whose.
1 Is that the shop where you bought your PC?
2 I prefer games have interesting puzzles
to solve.
3 In this game you’re an elf has to find a missing jewel.
4 Do you know anyone plays online games?
5 I know someone father works for a video game company.
6 I can’t remember if that’s the shop I bought the game.

5 Match the sentences. Then rewrite them using

non-defining relative clauses below.
1 Sony made their first A His brother is called
2 console in 1994. Luigi.
3 Tetris is the most popular
B She is the protagonist
video game ever. of Tomb Raider.
4 Mario is a plumber. C The company was
5 Redborough is a fictional founded in the 1940s
town. D It was developed in
6 Water boils at 100 °C. the Soviet Union
7 Lara Croft is an E The game is set
archaeologist. there.
F It has the chemical
formula H2O.
1 Sony, which was founded in the 1940s, made their first console in 1994.
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