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Exercise 1

Identify the type of relative clause

Decide whether the relative clauses in the following sentences are defining (D) or non-defining (N) and then write O if the relative pronoun can be omitted or N if it cannot. The commas are missing in some of the sentences. In which ones and where?

 

D/N?

O/N?

1. An advocate is a person who can help you get information about your rights.

2. That is the kind of house that everyone would love to live in.

3. Beijing which is one of the world's most populated cities is the capital of China.

4. Do you know anyone who can lend me a bike?

5. The food that they served at the reception was delicious.

6. This poem which was written by Robert Frost is one of my favourites.

7. The blue whale which is the largest existing mammal is an endangered species.

8. The man whose seat I had accidentally taken offered to sit somewhere else.

9. Was it you who called the ambulance?

10. Alex who had never flown before was terribly nervous.

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