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You have reached the section devoted to defining and non-defining relative clauses which are some intimidating phrases so you might want to leave them out of your introduction and focus on the important stuff such as how to form and use them. With 93 relative clause worksheets to choose from, you should be able to find something here that your students will like. Check out this great activity that students complete by working in groups and as a class. All the materials and directions are included to ensure that everything goes smoothly. Be sure to make enough copies of the first page; there should be enough cards for each student to make three sentences which means that one copy is only good for four students. If your class is quite large, you might consider thinking up some partial sentences of your own to add more variety to the lesson. This worksheet is perfect for upper level learners but if your students are at a lower level, you can adapt this or simply find another more suitable activity to use in your class.

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GRAMMAR TIP:What Are Relative Clauses?
A relative clause is a subordinate clause that modifies a noun phrase, most commonly a noun. For example, the phrase "the man who wasn't there" contains the noun man, which is modified by the relative clause 'who wasn't there'. A relative clause can also modify a pronoun, as in "he to whom I have written", or a noun phrase which already contains a modifier, as in "the black panther in the tree, which is about to pounce". The complete phrase (modified noun phrase plus modifying relative clause) is also a noun phrase.
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Joe is getting married! from the movie: When Harry met Sally

Joe is getting married! from the movie: When Harry met Sally

ANNAMATARO
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  This lesson is designed for two sessions of one hour each. It features two scenes from the film "When Harry Met Sally." It includes grammar (a review of defining and non-defining relativ ...
1 Views 12,627 Adv
Shortening Relative Clauses: A Free ESL Lesson Plan

Shortening Relative Clauses: A Free ESL Lesson Plan

Nathan Martin
•Defining/Non-defining Relative Clauses, ,
  One of the earliest maxims taught in writing to “Omit needless words!” This free ESL Lesson Plan focuses on shortening relative clauses, a practical way of eliminating unnece ...
1 Views 9,834 Adv
How To Teach Relative Clauses: An ESL Lesson Plan

How To Teach Relative Clauses: An ESL Lesson Plan

Nathan Martin
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  How to teach relative clauses is a critical skill for an ESL teacher. This lesson plan on teaching relative clauses includes definitions of relative clauses, examples of relative pro ...
1 Views 10,514 Int
Hani's UPDATED Presentation on Adjective Clauses Parts 1 & 2

Hani's UPDATED Presentation on Adjective Clauses Parts 1 & 2

•, Defining/Non-defining Relative Clauses,
  This 2020 Updated PowerPoint presentation has two parts. Part 1 helps students easily understand forming adjective clauses/relative clauses. It introduces relative pronouns like (who / w ...
1 Views 6,230 ElemPre-IntIntAdvExam
Kinds of Trips Vocabulary Worksheet

Kinds of Trips Vocabulary Worksheet

Mrs. Lutfiah Alghamdi
•, Defining/Non-defining Relative Clauses, ,
  Match, choose, and draw. This worksheet is all about vocabulary, mainly all kinds of travel. Words like trip, journey, tour, voyage, and cruise can easily confuse students. This wor ...
1 Views 16,116 Pre-IntIntAdv
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Relative Pronouns Video Activity (who / which / where / that)

Relative Pronouns Video Activity (who / which / where / that)

English Through Videos
•Defining/Non-defining Relative Clauses,
This is a video activity to practice using relative pronouns who, which, where, and that. There is a YouTube video and a matching worksheet. Learners watch the video, look at the pictures, and com ...
1 Views 25,476 Pre-IntInt
Relative Pronouns Battleship

Relative Pronouns Battleship

VASILIKI LISMANI
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The objective of the game is to use the target language (relative pronouns) to form the Qs provided in order to find and "sink" their "enemy's" battleship. Ss draw their battleships between 3 to 4 ...
2 Views 19,700 ElemPre-Int
Relative Clause-Matching Sentences Activity

Relative Clause-Matching Sentences Activity

A.E
•Defining/Non-defining Relative Clauses,
Whole class activity. Cut,mix the sentences and give them to students.The students will stand-up and mingle trying to match the sentences in a meaningful way and also they will guess the correct r ...
8 Views 55,902 ElemPre-Int
Song Worksheet: Sun Goes Down - Relative Pronouns

Song Worksheet: Sun Goes Down - Relative Pronouns

Natalia Cazorla de Oro
•Defining/Non-defining Relative Clauses,
The idea of this worksheet is to learn through a song that students surely might have heard on the radio, therefore to make beginners or elementary students realize they already know a lot of Engl ...
7 Views 50,888 BegElem
Complex Sentences

Complex Sentences

Katerina
•, Defining/Non-defining Relative Clauses,
The worksheet consists of 2 exercises for lthe topic "complex sentences" (choosing the appropriate endings to the sentences and finding necessary pronouns). It will be very useful for the revision ...
4 Views 26,239 Int
Defining Relative Clause Production

Defining Relative Clause Production

BusyTeacher Contributor
•Defining/Non-defining Relative Clauses,
Students are supposed to work in groups of 3-4 and complete the task. The task includes sentences like ' We like.... I wouldn't prefer.... Politicians are people ...". Students are supposed to com ...
5 Views 20,358 Pre-IntIntAdv
Defining and Non-Defining Relative Clauses

Defining and Non-Defining Relative Clauses

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This power point explains the differences between defining and non-defining relative clauses with the help of well-chosen examples. It makes it even more comprehensible through exercises. I hope t ...
14 Views 54,089 Int
Reduction Of Relative Clauses / Participles

Reduction Of Relative Clauses / Participles

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This power point explains how relative clauses could be reduced together with suitable examples. As students get confused about this grammar subject, it shows them clear ways to understand it bett ...
5 Views 17,161 Adv
Christmas Carol Reading

Christmas Carol Reading

•Defining/Non-defining Relative Clauses, , , ,
I've used this when reading the story "Christmas Carol" By Charles Dickens with my students. It was useful to help retelling and also to remember details about the story. Although there is a movi ...
4 Views 21,563 ElemPre-Int
Relative Pronouns Worksheet II

Relative Pronouns Worksheet II

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This is a worksheet for teaching or revising relative pronouns at pre-intermediate level. There are 2 different activities in which students are asked to combine the pair of sentences using a ...
6 Views 22,590 Pre-IntInt
Relative Pronouns - Worksheet

Relative Pronouns - Worksheet

Muhammad Razzaq
•Defining/Non-defining Relative Clauses,
Mostly the students have to face a lot of problems while using relative pronouns (who, whose, whom, which, that). They also work like connectors and conjunctions. This worksheet can be very usef ...
14 Views 62,776 Elem
Pyramid - Game to Practice Relative Clauses

Pyramid - Game to Practice Relative Clauses

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Pyramid is an American game show based on guessing words. It is perfect for esl classroom as it uses mostly relative clauses and it is pure fun. Show students a part of an actual show (I used one ...
27 Views 108,250 Pre-IntIntAdv
Movie Worksheet: Futurama, Season 1, Episode 1 (Relative Clauses)

Movie Worksheet: Futurama, Season 1, Episode 1 (Relative Clauses)

•Defining/Non-defining Relative Clauses, ,
This was made in response to the request of my teenage upper- intermediate class to 'watch Futurama' at the end of their 3 hour Saturday lesson. The first page is designed as a quick whiteboard/ a ...
4 Views 15,461 IntAdv
JC'S Participial Phrases Explained

JC'S Participial Phrases Explained

•, Defining/Non-defining Relative Clauses
Participial phrases can be very easy or very difficult. In this power point presentation I try to make it easy. In it, the "mysteries" of participial phrases are explained in a simple an ...
11 Views 16,362 AdvExam
Relative Clauses With Prepositional Verbs Worksheet

Relative Clauses With Prepositional Verbs Worksheet

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This is a a worksheet for teaching or revising relative clauses with prepositional verbs at pre-intermediate level.Students are asked to join fourteen different sentences by changing the second of ...
9 Views 73,432 Pre-IntInt
Relative Clauses Multiple Choice Activity

Relative Clauses Multiple Choice Activity

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This is a pretty easy worksheet for teaching or revising relative pronouns and relative clauses at pre-intermediate level. There's an easy activity in which students are asked to fill in the ...
8 Views 37,902 Pre-IntInt
ABC's of Relative Clauses - How Cats Became Sacred in Egypt

ABC's of Relative Clauses - How Cats Became Sacred in Egypt

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By using a "creation myth": how cats invented relative clauses, this fun-packed power point presentation aims to present or revise relative clauses. It covers defining and non-defining relative cl ...
7 Views 12,765 AdvExam
Relative Pronouns Elementary Worksheet

Relative Pronouns Elementary Worksheet

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This is a very simple and easy worksheet for teaching or revising relative pronouns: who, which and whose at elementary level. Students are asked to complete thirty five different sentences f ...
17 Views 63,775 Elem
Relative Clauses Worksheet

Relative Clauses Worksheet

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This worksheet focuses on the relative clauses. Both relative clauses: defining and non-defining.  I hope you enjoy this worksheet in your lessons because the exercises are mostly based on re ...
21 Views 37,149 IntAdv
Relative Clauses

Relative Clauses

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Fun exercise to test historical facts and practice relative clauses. You can turn this into a game and give extra points to the student who knows the answer to every sentence in this game. Besid ...
5 Views 18,194 Int

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