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⚡️NON-DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES

What’s that? 🤯 *relative clause – относительное придаточное предложение * non-defining – неопределительное Life hasn’t become easier, has it? Well, in short: non-defining relative clauses add extra information about a person, place, or thing. The cool part? Without this information, we still can clearly understand the meaning of the sentence. For example, My grandma is kind. Now I want to add some extra (fun or interesting) detail and say that She loves baking cakes. It doesn’t tell what type of person my grandma is. I can say 2 sentences OR My grandma, who loves baking cakes, is kind. “Magic” words to build such sentences: who (for people) which (for things and animals) whose (to show possession) where (for places) when (for time) And remember to separate the clause from the rest of the sentence with commas. Alex, whose dad is a chef, wants to be a cook too. Compare: Alex wants to be a cook too. This phone, which has a great camera, was a birthday present. – This phone was a birthday

What’s that? 🤯

*relative clause – относительное придаточное предложение

* non-defining – неопределительное

Life hasn’t become easier, has it?

Well, in short: non-defining relative clauses add extra information about a person, place, or thing. The cool part? Without this information, we still can clearly understand the meaning of the sentence.

For example, My grandma is kind.

Now I want to add some extra (fun or interesting) detail and say that She loves baking cakes. It doesn’t tell what type of person my grandma is. I can say 2 sentences OR My grandma, who loves baking cakes, is kind.

Magic” words to build such sentences:

who (for people)

which (for things and animals)

whose (to show possession)

where (for places)

when (for time)

And remember to separate the clause from the rest of the sentence with commas.

Alex, whose dad is a chef, wants to be a cook too. Compare: Alex wants to be a cook too.

This phone, which has a great camera, was a birthday present. – This phone was a birthday present. (The sentence still makes sense)