Reduced relative clauses - English Grammar
www.englishgrammar.org › reduced-relative-clausesAug 24, 2013 · How to reduce a relative clause? A participle can often be used instead of a relative pronoun and full verb. Read the sentence given below. The girl who sits next to Peter is my neighbor’s daughter. Now when we shorten the relative clause ‘who sits next to Peter’, we get: The girl sitting next to Peter is my neighbor’s daughter. Another example is given below. Who is the girl who is sitting next to your brother? Now when we reduce the relative clause, we get:
Reduced relative clauses - lesson and exercises
random-idea-english.blogspot.com › 2012 › 02Feb 03, 2012 · Basic principles for making reduced relative clauses 1. We can only make reduced relative clauses when the relative pronoun is the subject of the relative clause. Active; That woman who is talking to my wife is our local Member of Parliament. That woman talking to my wife is ... That woman who my wife is talking to is our local Member of Parliament.