Subject: English
Book: English Grammar
**Relative clauses** let us add extra information about a noun in a sentence without starting a new sentence. They usually start with words like “who,” “which,” “that,” or “where.”
### Quick Explanation for Kids
- Think of a relative clause as a mini-sentence stuck to your main sentence giving more details about someone or something.
### Example
- “The dog **that is brown** is barking.”
- Main part: “The dog is barking.”
- Extra detail: “that is brown.”
- “I have a friend **who can juggle**.”
- Main part: “I have a friend.”
- Extra detail: “who can juggle.”
### Kinds of Relative Clauses
- **Defining**: Essential to identify which noun you mean (“The boy **who wears glasses** is my brother.”)
- **Non-defining**: Extra, optional info, set off by commas (“My brother, **who wears glasses**, is in college.”)
Relative clauses let you stick descriptions onto nouns so your reader knows exactly which person or thing you’re talking about!