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Non-defining relative clauses — Zuckerberg's Irish Castle

Grammar: Non-defining relative clauses

Free ESL grammar exercise on non-defining relative clauses themed around zuckerberg's irish castle. Printable worksheet from classplan.ai.

What's on this worksheet

A Level 4 (upper intermediate) ESL grammar exercise on culture, practising non-defining relative clauses. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.

From the reading

The castle, which was built in 1830 for a politician named John Keily, was designed by architects James and George Richard Pain.

Grammar: Non-defining Relative Clauses

Non-defining: who
Use who for people. The clause is set off by commas and adds extra, non-essential information. Zuckerberg, who runs Meta, bought the castle.
Non-defining: which
Use which for things or places. Never use that in a non-defining clause. The estate, which covers 440 acres, is in Waterford.

Sample items

  1. Mark Zuckerberg, ______ runs Meta, bought Strancally Castle.
  2. The castle, ______ was built in 1830, is in County Waterford.
  3. Priscilla Chan, ______ husband is the CEO of Meta, also signed the purchase.

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