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This document discusses methods for reducing relative clauses to adjective phrases. It provides examples of changing relative clauses that contain pronouns like "who", "which", or "that" into adjective phrases by omitting the pronoun and changing verbs to their "-ing" form. It cautions that if the relative clause contains a form of "be" followed by a single adjective, the adjective should be moved in front of the noun it modifies. The document also notes that only relative clauses containing certain pronouns can be reduced in this way.

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Reduced Relative Clauses-Presentation-Final Version

This document discusses methods for reducing relative clauses to adjective phrases. It provides examples of changing relative clauses that contain pronouns like "who", "which", or "that" into adjective phrases by omitting the pronoun and changing verbs to their "-ing" form. It cautions that if the relative clause contains a form of "be" followed by a single adjective, the adjective should be moved in front of the noun it modifies. The document also notes that only relative clauses containing certain pronouns can be reduced in this way.

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REDUCED

RELATIVE
CLAUSES
PLEASE OBSERVE:

wholitter
* People who litterwill have to pay a fine.
litteringwill have to pay a fine.
People littering

* My friends who
who were
were living in dorms had a very hard
living
living time.
My friends living in dorms had a very hard time.
*Peoplewho
whoareare given a second chance should be more
given
give careful.
People given
n a second chance should be more careful.
*After observing these sets of sentences what are the
methods of reducing relative clauses do you think?
Reducing Adjective Clauses To Adjective
Phrases
HOW CAN WE CHANGE A RELATIVE
CLAUSE TO AN ADJECTIVE PHRASE???

There are two ways to reduce a relative clause:


A) We can reduce the relative clause by omitting the
pronoun and the “be” form.
FOR EXAMPLE:
whowho
CLAUSE: The woman is is wearing a red skirt looks
beautiful.
wearing
wearin
PHRASE: The woman wearing
g a red skirt looks beautiful.
which
CLAUSE: The poems which
were were written by Shakespeare are
difficult to understand.
written
writte
PHRASE: The poems written by Shakespeare are difficult to
n understand.
B) If there is no ‘’be’’ form of a verb in the
adjective clause, it is sometimes possible to
omit the subject pronoun and change the
verb to its “ing’’ form.
FOR EXAMPLE:
CLAUSE: People whowho come from a different
comefrom ’’culture shock’’.
culture may suffer
PHRASE: People comin
coming from a different
g from ‘’culture shock’’.
culture may suffer
CLAUSE: The girls whowho expected to see
Johnny Depp on the screen felt
expected
disappointed when the electricity went off.
PHRASE: The girls expectin
expecting to see
Johnny Depp on g the screen felt
disappointed when the electricity went off .
BE CAREFUL:

* If an adjective clause that contains ‘’be + a


single adjective ‘’ is changed, the adjective is
moved to its normal position in front of the
noun it modifies.
FOR EXAMPLE:
CLAUSE:Furniture
Furniture that
thatisisnew does not need polishing.
new
INCORRECT PHRASE: Furniture new does not need
polishing.
CORRECT PHRASE: NewNew furniture does not need
polishing. furniture
Be careful : Only
adjective clauses
with ‘who’,
who
‘which’
which or ‘that’
that
can be reduced to
phrases
modifying nouns.
REDUCE THE RELATIVE CLAUSES INTO PHRASES

1. The man who is swimming


in the sea is my uncle.
2. The books that are on the table are
mine.
3. Any student who wishes to join the
competition should consult with the advisor
first.
4. The information which is given in the
brochure is wrong.
5. We saw the play that was
written by Tom Shepard .
Expand each sentence with a relative
clause:
• The suspect picked up at the train station was
taken into police custody.
• The second song played by the band was
awesome.
• She has never met the manager running today's
workshop.
• The tall man standing by the bar is my uncle.
• Relative clauses, the topic of this presentation,
can be difficult for people trying to learn
English.
Thank you for watching our presentation. Now look at the
other examples and exercises in your books. Bye.....

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