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Understanding Long Sentences / Reducing Relative Clauses - Coggle Diagram
Understanding Long Sentences / Reducing Relative Clauses
Noun + Verb-ing
Only a small percentage of
[immigrants arriving]
in the US ever
[returned]
to their native countries.
Noun: Immigrants Verb: returned
Only a small percentage of
[immigrants who arrived]
in the US ever
[returned]
to their native countries.
The major
[problem facing]
health care systems
[is]
the increasing cost of medical care.
Noun: Major problem Main Verb: Is
The major
[that is facing]
health care systems
[is]
the increasing cost of medical care.
Economic
[hardship caused]
many 19th Century
[Europeans wanting]
a better life to immigrate to the US.
Economic
[hardship caused]
many 19th Century
[Europeans who wanted]
a better life to immigrate to the US.
Noun + Past Participle
Most democratic
[nations]
[have laws intended]
to protect ethnic and religious minorities.
Most democratic
[nations]
[have laws that are intended]
to protect ethnic and religious minorities
[
Refugees are not counted
] in the annual total of
[immigrants admitted]
to the US.
[
Refugees are not counted
] in the annual total of
[immigrants that are admitted]
to the US.
Today's [
immigrants are following
] the [
patterns established]
by earlier immigrants.
Today's [
immigrants are following
] the [
patterns that were established]
Noun + Being + Past
Many of the [
drugs being used
] in medicine today [
are
] extremely expensive.
Many of the [
drugs that are being used
] in medicine today [
are
] extremely expensive.
Some of the [
people being treated
] with gene therapy [
are responding
] well to this new treatment.
Some of the [
people who are being treated
] with gene therapy [
are responding
] well to this new treatment.
The
[number of tablets being used]
in school classrooms
[is increasing]
each year.
The
[number of tablets that are being used]
in school classrooms
[is increasing]
each year.
Summing up
✓ Look the markers of reduced relative clauses
✓ Fill the missing words.
✓ Find the main noun and the main verb to identify the main clause of the sentence.