Punctuating Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Elements — Unit test

Question 23 • MO-English Language Arts 9 B-CR

Read the sentence.Alma plans to visit London and Paris, where her parents went on their first trip together as a married couple.

Answer

It is a restrictive relative clause because it begins with a relative pronoun, has both a subject and a verb, and is not necessary to the meaning of the sentence.

It is a nonrestrictive relative clause because it begins with a relative pronoun, has both a subject and a verb, and is necessary to the meaning of the sentence.

It is a restrictive relative clause because it begins with a relative pronoun, has both a subject and a verb, and is necessary to the meaning of the sentence.

It is a nonrestrictive relative clause because it begins with a relative pronoun, has both a subject and a verb, and is not necessary to the meaning of the sentence.

Explanation

“Where her parents went on their first trip together as a married couple” is a relative clause: “where” introduces it, and it has a subject (“her parents”) and a verb (“went”). The clause adds extra information about London and Paris; the sentence still identifies the places Alma plans to visit without it. Therefore, it is nonrestrictive, matching choice D.

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