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    There are three ways to reduce relative clauses: 1. Drop the relative pronoun and the verb "be" 2. Drop the relative pronoun and change the verb to a gerund 3. Replace the relative pronoun and "have/has" with "with"

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    Reduced Relative Clauses

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    There are three ways to reduce relative clauses: 1. Drop the relative pronoun and the verb "be" 2. Drop the relative pronoun and change the verb to a gerund 3. Replace the relative pronoun and "have/has" with "with"

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    There are three ways to reduce relative clauses: 1. Drop the relative pronoun and the verb "be" 2. Drop the relative pronoun and change the verb to a gerund 3. Replace the relative pronoun and "have/has" with "with"

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    There are three ways to reduce relative clauses: 1. Drop the relative pronoun and the verb "be" 2. Drop the relative pronoun and change the verb to a gerund 3. Replace the relative pronoun and "have/has" with "with"

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    Noun Adjective

    curiosity curious
    decisiveness decisive
    determination determined
    discipline disciplined
    innovation innovative
    knowledge knowledgeable
    Noun Adjective

    motivation motivated
    originality original
    passion passionate
    patience patient
    perceptiveness perceptive
    resourcefulness resourceful
    Reduced
    Relative Clauses
    There are three ways to reduce relative clauses.

    1- Shorten a relative clause by dropping the relative pronoun and the verb be.

    A person (who / that is) looking for adventure could be a private detective.
    A person (who / that is) trained in music might be a good DJ.

    (who / that is) can be omitted


    A person who is educated as an interpreter should be able to think fast in

    two languages.

    Defining Relative Clause

    Reduced Form : A person educated as an interpreter should be able to think


    fast in two languages.
    Rule 1: Shorten relative pronoun if there is « to be »

    The car which is parked next to mine is very expensive.

    The car parked next to mine is very expensive.


    There are three ways to reduce relative clauses.

    2- You can also drop who / that and change the verb to the gerund.

    Someone who / that needs job security might not want to be a jazz musician.

    Someone needing job security might not want to be a jazz musician.


    A person who works as an interpreter should be able to think fast in two

    languages.

    Defining Relative Clause

    Reduced Form : A person working as an interpreter should be able to think


    fast in two languages.
    Rule 2 : Omit relative pronoun and write the verb by using gerund (-ing)

    We stood on the bridge which connects the two halves of the city.

    We stood on the bridge connecting the two halves of the city.


    There are three ways to reduce relative clauses.

    3- In many relative clauses, who / that + the verb have can be replaced by with.

    A person who / that has a good voice could be a good TV journalist.

    A person with a good voice could be a good TV journalist.


    A person who has interpretation skills should be able to think fast in two

    languages.

    Defining Relative Clause

    Reduced Form : A person with interpretation skills should be able to think


    fast in two languages.
    Rule 3: Omit relative pronoun and if there is « have / has » rewrite it using with.

    Students who have Math and English skills will be admitted.

    Students with Math and English skills will be admitted.


    1- The man who works at Costco lives in Seattle.

    2- She was a really old woman who was born in 1920.

    3- The child who has special talents will join tonight’s show.

    4- That is my cat which runs through the corridor.

    5- It is my sister who wakes up the earliest in the family.

    6- The soldiers who were surrounded the village are waiting for orders.

    7- The people who have identification card are allowed to enter the building.
    1- The man working at Costco lives in Seattle.

    2- She was a really old woman born in 1920.

    3- The child with special talents will join tonight’s show.

    4- That is my cat running through the corridor.

    5- It is my sister waking up the earliest in the family.

    6- The soldiers surrounded the village are waiting for orders.

    7- The people with identification card are allowed to enter the building.

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