Restrictive and non-restrictive relative clauses: Activity 4
Have a go at writing your own relative clauses by mixing and matching the clauses below. Join them together with that, which or who.
| I like the cake… | …that… …which… …who… |
… likes to play the piano |
| Have you read the book… | … tastes of strawberries | |
| Yesterday I met a boy… | … I gave to you | |
| Jake has a younger sister… | … knew how to juggle | |
| I have a hamster… | … is very peculiar |
Choose how you are going to make your meaning clear to the reader.
- Are you going to use punctuation to identify a restrictive relative clause?
- Are you going to vary your choice of subordinating conjunctions?
- Or is it clear from the context what kind of relative clause you are using?
For each of your sentences, say whether the relative clause is restrictive or non-restrictive. Think of a situation in which the restrictive or non-restrictive relative clause would make sense.
For example:
| Context | Type of relative clause | |
| I like the cake that I gave to you | but not the one that I gave to Hanna. | Restrictive |
| I like the cake, which I gave to you, | but I hate the biscuits, which I fed to the dog! | Non-restrictive |
