Question

Which sentences contain a restrictive or nonrestrictive relative clause? Check all that apply.

The car, which took Miah months of saving money to buy, is parked in the garage.
The bicycle that Kameron has had since he was ten years old is still in great shape.
My professor, a graduate of Arizona State University, taught me a lot about writing.
Sierra met the boy whose parents recently opened the restaurant across the street.
The ocean, calm and peaceful, beckoned Joel to dip his toes in the warm water.

Answer 1

See the explanation below:

Step-by-step explanation:

A restrictive relative clause is an adjective clause that adds essential information about the it modifies. Therefore, if a restrictive clause is excluded in the sentence, the meaning of the sentence will be affected.

A restrictive relative clause provides essential information about the noun to which it refers. It cannot be left out of the sentence without affecting the meaning. Therefore, if a nonrestrictive clause is excluded in the sentence, the meaning of the sentence will not be affected.

The easiest to detect a nonrestrictive relative clause in writing is that it is usually separated by commas.

Based on these, the following contain sentences contain restrictive relative clauses:

The bicycle that Kameron has had since he was ten years old is still in great shape.

Sierra met the boy whose parents recently opened the restaurant across the street.

Also, the following contain sentences nonrestrictive relative clauses because they are separated by commas:

The car, which took Miah months of saving money to buy, is parked in the garage.

My professor, a graduate of Arizona State University, taught me a lot about writing.

The ocean, calm and peaceful, beckoned Joel to dip his toes in the warm water.

Answer 2

Among the options given on the question the correct answers are given below.

1. The car, which took Miah months of saving money to buy, is parked in the garage

2.Sierra met the boy whose parents recently opened the restaurant across the street

3.The bicycle that Kameron has had since he was ten years old is still in great shape

Explanation: Relative restrictive clause are those words which are obligatory and provide information on the head noun to identify the head noun.The characteristics of relative restrictive clause is it can allow who, whom, whose, that pronoun. According to the definition, the 2nd sentence described on the answer is a relative restrictive clause. Because the boy is recognized the parents who opened the restaurant across the street.

On the other hand the first sentence is non restrictive relative clause. Because the non restrictive relative clause only provide the additional information which is not required to identify the head noun. Because, we can identify Miah's car without the clause, which took Miah months of saving money.Therefore this is a non restrictive relative clause.

The third sentence is a restrictive relative clause. The clause identify the the bicycle of Kameron.