Question

use the drop-down menus to choose the correct relative pronoun for each sentence.
my hockey team— won the state championships last year—will hold tryouts next week.
the mug his morning is my dads favorite.
penguins, live in the southern hemisphere, are flightless birds.
drop-down options: that, which

Explanation:

1. For the first sentence, the clause "won the state championships last year" is non-restrictive (extra information about the already specified hockey team), so "which" is used (set off by em dashes).
2. For the second sentence, "that" is used for a restrictive clause identifying the specific mug (no extra commas, the clause is necessary to know which mug is being referred to).
3. For the third sentence, the clause "live in the Southern Hemisphere" is non-restrictive (extra info about penguins as a group), so "which" is used.

Answer:

1. My hockey team—which won the state championships last year—will hold tryouts next week.
2. The mug that I used this morning is my dad's favorite.
3. Penguins, which live in the Southern Hemisphere, are flightless birds.