RELATIVE SENTENCES Defining relative clauses contain essential information about people or things Relative pronouns come after the noun they describe The relative pronouns who, which and that can be omitted when they are followed by a noun or a pronoun Non-defining relative clauses contain additional information about people or things We use commas to separate non-defining relative clauses from the rest of the sentence We cannot omit a relative pronoun in a non-defining clause We cannot use “that” in a nondefining sentence EXERCISES DEFINING RELATIVE SENTENCES She interviewed a boy He’s a skateboard champion That’s the skate park I used to practice there On Saturday I saw Isabel Her sister works in a clothes shop Professionals use special skateboards They cost over 100€ That’s my friend Maria She works for a sports channel One million people watched the match It was on Europe I talked to a girl Her mother was a professional athlete Once I flew to the Caribbean I did photos for a magazine there I would like to go the shop I bought my wedding dress there That’s the woman I look after her children I can’t find the key That key opens the front door Look at the magazines I have just bought them EXERCISES NON-DEFINING RELATIVE SENTENCES Her boots were very original They were hand-painted Mary is very trendy Her sister is a designer Pam’s t-shirt looked strange with her jeans It was orange My brother is very creative He’s studying design My father used to wear trainers He was a very good sportsman The restaurant was full I went there for a meal The Ritz hotel had a fashion show The hotel is famous John is my pen friend His family lives in London The tattoo was expensive It looked quite ugly The café isn’t far from here I used to go there Germany is a nice country I visited it in 2002 Albert has decided to buy a motorbike His car was stolen last weekend