Embedded clauses are extra elements of information that are added to main sentences. Often using commas or brackets (parenthesis) or dashes:
The rock star, who has just turned forty, is holding a charity event.
Here the main information is that the rock star is doing a charity event.
Ford’s new Eco-car will be released (which has been manufactured in a zero-carbon factory) this April.
Here the extra information is in brackets.
Find the embedded clauses below:
This chocolate, which is only 20 calories a bar, tastes wonderful.
The oldest man in Texas, who worked for an insurance firm for 90 years and hasn’t visited a doctor for forty years, is running for governor.
The supermodel, aged 26, has revealed she is getting married this summer.
I, and all my friends, agree.