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REDUCED REDUCED

RELATIVE RELATIVE

CLAUSES CLAUSES



P LEASE OBSERVE:

* People wh o litter w ill hav e to p ay a f ine.

People littering w ill hav e to p ay a f ine.

* My f riends wh o w ere li v ing in dorms ha d a v er y ha rd time.My f riends li v ing in dorms ha d a v er y ha rd time.

* People wh o a re gi v en a second c ha nce s h ould b e more c a re f ul.

People gi v en a second c ha nce s h ould b e more c a re f ul .

* Af ter o b ser v ing t h ese sets o f sentences wha t a re t h e met h ods

o f reducing rel a ti v e cl a uses do y ou t h ink?

littering

wh o litter

li v ing wh o w ere li v ing

gi v en

wh o a re gi v en



Th ere a re t w o way s to reduce a rel a ti v e cl a use :

A) W e c a n reduce t h e rel a ti v e cl a use by omitting t h e pronoun a nd

t h e ´b eµ f orm .

FOR EXAMPLE:

CLAUSE: Th e w om a n wh o is w e a ring a red skirt looks b e a uti f ul.

PH RASE: Th e w om a n w e a ring a red skirt looks b e a uti f ul.

CLAUSE: Th e poems wh ic h w ere w ritten by Sha kespe a re a re di ff icult to

underst a nd.

PH RASE: Th e poems w ritten by Sha kespe a re a re di ff icult to underst a nd.

R educing A djecti v e C l a uses T o A djecti v e P h r a ses

H OW CAN WE C H ANGE A RELATIVE CLAUSE TO AN ADJECTIVE PH RASE ???

wh o is w e a ring

w e a ring

wh ic h w ere w ritten

w ritten



* If a n a djecti v e cl a use t ha t cont a ins ¶·b e + a single a djecti v e ¶· is c ha nged, t h e a djecti v e is mo v ed to its

norm a l position in f ront o f t h e noun it modi f ies.

F OR EXAM P LE:CLAUSE: Furniture t ha t is ne w does not need polis h ing.

INCORRECT PH RASE: Furniture ne w does not need polis h ing.

CORRECT PH RASE: N e w f urniture does not need polis h ing.

BE CARE F UL :

Furniture t ha t is ne w

N e w f urniture



Be car eful : Only adjective clauses

with ¶whowho·,¶whichwhich· or ¶thatthat·can be r educed to

phrases modifyingnouns.



REDUCE T H E RELATIVE CLAUSES INTO PH RASES

1. Th e m a n wh o is s w imming in t h e se a is m y uncle.

2. Th e b ooks t ha t a re on t h e t ab le a re mine.

3. A n y student wh o w is h es to join t h e competition s h ould consult w it h t h e a d v isor f irst.

4. Th e in f orm a tion wh ic h is gi v en in t h e

b roc h ure is w rong .

5. W e s aw t h e pl ay t ha t wa s w ritten by T om Sh ep a rd .



� R el a ti v e cl a uses, t h e topic o f t h is present a tion, c a n b e

di ff icult f or people tr y ing to le a rn E nglis h .

E xp a nd e a c h sentence w it h a rel a ti v e cl a use :

� Th e suspect picked up a t t h e tr a in st a tion wa s t a ken

into police custod y .

� Th e second song pl ay ed by t h e ba nd wa s aw esome.

� Sh e ha s ne v er met t h e m a n a ger running tod ay' s

w orks h op.

� Th e t a ll m a n st a nding by t h e ba r is m y uncle.



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