Question

click on a word or word group to make a selection. to undo, click on the selection again. alternatively use the tab and spacebar to select or deselect the word or word group.

george washington, who was the first president of the united states, lived in mount vernon, virginia, with his wife.

Explanation:

🆕 New Concept Discovered: Non-essential Relative Clauses
Extra information set off by commas.

Step 1: Identify the main clause and extra information

In the sentence:
"George Washington, who was the first president of the United States, lived in Mount Vernon, Virginia, with his wife."

The main message is:
"George Washington lived in Mount Vernon, Virginia, with his wife."

The group of words "who was the first president of the United States" is a relative clause. It provides extra, non-essential descriptive information about George Washington and is set off by commas.

Step 2: Locate the target word group

The prompt asks to select a word or word group. The non-essential relative clause (adjective clause) in this sentence is:
"who was the first president of the United States"

Answer:

who was the first president of the United States