This film crew had to work in a countryside.

What is different between the pictures?

(a) ‘The actors, who walked to the top of the hill, saw a large eagle.’

(b) ‘The actors who walked to the top of the hill saw a large eagle.

Which picture goes with which sentence?

Match the definitions with

Defining relative clause       and      Non-Defining relative clause

• provides essential information that helps us to identify which person or thing is being talked about.
• does not identify and restrict in that way. It simply gives us some extra information about the noun or noun phrase.
• usually written with a comma at the beginning and a comma at the end.
• when spoken, the commas would typically be heard as two short pauses.

• My brother, who lives in Mexico, is a lawyer.

How many brothers do I have?

• My brother who lives in Mexico is a lawyer.

How many brothers do I have?

Do the other brothers live in Mexico?

1 (a) The students who arrived late couldn’t get in.

1 (b) The students, who arrived late, couldn’t get in.

2(a) I didn’t eat the chocolate which was on his plate.

2(b) I didn’t eat the chocolate, which was on his plate.