KEY TO RELATIVE SENTENCES

12. I don't like the house where he lives. ( defining)

13. Those people who are looking at the house are my parents. ( defining)
14. The man who made this suit doesn't know his job. ( defining)
15. The knife which we cut bread with, isn't very sharp. ( defining)
16. The street which leads to the school isn't very wide. ( defining)
17. The doctor who visited her isn't very famous. ( defining)
18. The flowers which my boyfriend gave to me for my birthday have died. ( defining)
19. The glass which you are drinking out of, hasn't been washed. ( defining)
20. The student who you are sitting next to, isn't very clever. ( defining)
21. The student who is sitting next to you, isn't very clever. ( defining)
22. The hairdresser who cut your hair did it badly. ( defining)
23. The ring which my boyfriend gave to me has three diamonds. ( defining)
24. The pudding which Paola made this morning is a very good one. ( defining)
25. The letter which arrived this morning had no stamp on it. ( defining)
26. Bring me the cigarettes which I left on the table which stands by the window.
( defining)
27. My sister, who you met yesterday, wants to speak to you. (non-defining)
28. Her father, who has been to Paris, has just returned. (non-defining)
29. Bernard Shaw, who had a long beard, was a very clever writer. (non-defining)
30. Oxford University, which is one of the oldest in the world, has many different colleges.
(non-def)
31. Love, which is a wonderful feeling, comes to everyone at some time in his life. (nondefining)
32. George Washington, who became president of the USA, never told a lie. (non-defining)
33. The Pope, who I had never seen before, spoke on the telly last night. (non-defining)
34. The great fire of London, which broke out in 1666, destroyed a large part of the city.
(non-def)
35. Your eldest son, who I happened to meet this morning, has become a handsome boy.
(non-def)
36. Maths, which I know nothing about, is a very dull subject. (non-defining)
37. The elephant, which is an animal that never forgets, lives more than a hundred years.
(non-def)
38. The teacher in the next class, whose name I can never remember, makes a lot of noise.
(non-def)
39. This large map, where you can see the Artic Ocean in the middle, belonged to my
uncle.(non-defining)
40. My stepmother, who I'm living with, isn't very kind to me. (non-defining)
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42. He was walking along the wall on his hands, what surprised everyone.
43. He studied hard in his youth, what contributed to his success in later life.
44. Mary was dropped when she was a baby, what made her a permanent invalid.
45. Peter passed his exams with the best marks, what made his parents very proud of him.
46. Non-defining sentences are not necessary for the understanding of the sentence.