Defining and Non Defining Relative Clauses

1. What is a relative Clause?

The relative clauses are phrases that put two sentences together and avoid repetition.

2. What is a Defining Relative Clause?

This kind of clause defines at the begining of the phrase, the person or animal that we are talking about and doesn´t need separation by commas.

3. What is a Non-Defining Relative Clause?

This clause, gives extra information about the person or animal that was defined or identified at the begining of the phrase, it needs commas, and doesn´t use the word "that".

4. Examples.

DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES	NON-DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES
This is the man who called to my mother	This is Mark, who called to my mother.
This is the girl who cryied all nigth.	This is Sally, who cryied all nigth.
This is the man who crashed my car las week.	This is Jean Paul, who crashed my car las week.
This is the city wich I wanted to meet.	Las Vegas, wich is in United States, is a beautiful place.
This is the woman who we saw at the cinema.	Sally, who is the Mark`s wife, is the woman who we saw at the cinema.