Relative Clauses — The Quiet Art of Holding Power
Grammar: Relative clauses — defining, non-defining, and advanced prepositional forms
Free ESL grammar exercise on relative clauses themed around the quiet art of holding power. Printable worksheet from classplan.ai.
What's on this worksheet
A Level 6 (proficiency) ESL grammar exercise on leadership, practising relative clauses — defining, non-defining, and advanced prepositional forms. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
Ed Catmull, who co-founded Pixar and ran it for three decades, built a studio whose creative process was deliberately designed to make hierarchy invisible.
Grammar: Relative Clauses
- Defining relative
- Identifies which person or thing. No commas. The leader who listens carefully generates lasting loyalty. Cannot be removed without changing the sentence's meaning.
- Non-defining clause
- Adds extra information. Always uses commas. Catmull, who co-founded Pixar, ran it for thirty years. Remove it and the sentence still makes sense.
Sample items
- Keltner, ______ research into power spans twenty years, calls this the power paradox.
- The habit ______ Keltner considers most important is building structures that return unfiltered information.
- McNamara, ______ served as Secretary of Defense in 1962, later reflected on the role of restraint.
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