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REDUCED RELATIVE CLAUSES - Coggle Diagram
REDUCED
RELATIVE CLAUSES
:green_cross: REDUCE PRONOUNS
Object relative clauses
Defining clauses
:red_cross: Adjectives
It's the best movie
that
I have ever seen.
→ It's the best movie I have ever seen.
I saw the girl
whom
you talked to yesterday.
→ I saw the girl you talked to yesterday.
Here is the laptop
which
I bought.
→ Here is the laptop I bought.
:green_cross: REDUCE TO V-ING PHRASE (ACTIVE)
:red_cross: Reduce - Relative pronouns
:red_cross: Reduce - Auxiliary verbs
:check: Verb -> V-ing
The man
who is standing
there is my brother.
→ The man
standing
there is my brother.
Do you know the boy
who broke
the windows last night?
→ Do you know the boy
breaking
the windows last night?
The MPs,
who have finally voted
, are leaving parliament.
→ The MPs,
having finally voted
, are leaving parliament.
→
Having finally voted
, The MPs are leaving parliament.
:green_cross: REDUCE TO "TO INFINITIVE"
Superlatives, the only, the first, the last... + Noun
Tom is the
last
person
who
enters the room
→ Tom is the last person
to enter
the room.
The last student
that
was interviewed was Tom.
→ The
last
student
to be interviewed
was Tom.
Verb = have/has/had
I
have
much homework
that
I must do
→ I have many homework
to do.
Here (be), There (be)
There
are six letters
which
have to be written today
→ There are six letters
to be written
today.
:green_cross: REDUCE TO V3/ED PHRASE (PASSIVE)
:red_cross: Reduce - Relative pronouns
:red_cross: Reduce - Auxiliary verbs
:check: Verb -> V3/ed
The books
which were written
by Nam Cao are interesting
→The books
written
by Nam Cao are interesting.
The building,
which is being built
by Kingston Developers, should be completed by May.
→ The building,
being built by
Kingston Developers , should be completed by May.
The new Town Hall,
which has been designed
by TMC Architects Ltd, is expected to receive several awards.
→ The new Town Hall,
having been designed
by TMC Architects Ltd, is expected to receive several awards.
Having been designed
by TMC Architects Ltd, the new
→ Town Hall is expected to receive several awards.
:green_cross: REDUCE
TO NOUN/PREPOSITIONAL/
ADJECTIVE PHRASES
:red_cross: Reduce - Relative pronouns
:red_cross: Reduce - Auxiliary verbs
:check: Keep - Nouns/Prepositional/Adjective phrases
Football,
which is a popular sport,
is very good for health
→ Football,
a popular sport
, is very good for health.
Do you like the book
which is on the table
?
→ Do you like the book
on the table
?
My grandmother,
who is old and sick
, never goes out of the house.
→ My grandmother,
old and sick
, never goes out of the house.
Relative clause = to be + Adjectives
The boy
who is oldest
won the race
→ The
oldest boy
won the race
Relative clause = sense verbs (smell, look, feel, sound) + Adjectives
:check: Adjective phrase = Adjective + V-ing
The egg,
which smelled foul
, couldn't be eaten
→
The foul smelling egg
couldn't be eaten