Defining and Non-defining Relative Clauses Quiz

Defining and Non-defining Relative Clauses Quiz

In this defining and non-defining relative clauses quiz you have to decide which type of clause you are looking at.

Before starting the quiz review the key differences between defining and non-defining relative clauses.

This is the main difference:

• Defining: These give essential information, which cannot be left out of the sentence.
• Non-defining: These give extra information, and could be left out of the sentence without changing the main message.

Defining and Non-defining Relative Clauses Quiz

Choose whether the sentence includes a defining or non-defining relative clause.

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1. She is the one who kindly helped me with my shopping.

1. Defining
2. Non-defining

2. My brother, who lives in Boston, is an accountant.

1. Defining
2. Non-defining

3. The house he bought, which is in central London, is really beautiful.

1. Defining
2. Non-defining

4. Can I buy the dress that's displayed in the window?

1. Defining
2. Non-defining

5. Anne, whose sister is also a friend of mine, is going to join us for dinner.

1. Defining
2. Non-defining

6. Paris is the city where I grew up.

1. Defining
2. Non-defining

7. The play that my friend was in was a bit boring.

1. Defining
2. Non-defining

8. My employers haven't given me my holiday pay yet, which really isn't fair.

1. Defining
2. Non-defining

9. They are the children whose father was arrested yesterday.

1. Defining
2. Non-defining

10. President Kennedy, whom I really admire, was assassinated in 1963.

1. Defining
2. Non-defining

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