Relative means related to the noun or idea which comes ____. In the previous sentence, ____ is the relative pronoun (it replaces noun / idea). There are ____ types of relative clauses in English sentences: ____ where we explain more about the noun or idea with no comma, and ____ which give ____ information and which is ____. Below are some examples: The devastation (which) the earthquake in Turkey has caused is huge. Here, we can ____ the pronoun which because it is the object of the sentence: the earthquake has caused huge devastation. This is a defining relative clause. Turkey, which is a large country in South East Europe and North West Asia, has recently suffered a terrible earthquake. Here, we ____ need the pronoun which and we can't use that. We also always need ____ around the extra information which is optional !

Adding extra information to sentences: RELATIVE clauses

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