ADJECTIVE CLAUSE (REDUCED CLAUSES)

I. Combine the following sentences using Adjective Clause (reduce the

clauses if possible)
1. Is that the new station? You pointed it out to me last week.
2. Bring me the cigarettes. I left them on the table. The table stands by
the window.
3. The programme came by the Indian Ocean satellite. It went into fixed
orbit in 1969.
4. Anne Boleyn was Henry VIII’s second wife. Henry executed her in
1536.
5. The shops store food in their deep-freezers. The deep-freezers,
however, need a constant electricity supply.
6. His stepmother was not very kind to him. He was living with her.
7. The rhino is called Rimbo. It wallowed in the mudhole.
8. That bicycle belongs to my friend. It was saved in the garage.
9. That person is my best friend. He gave me a birthday card this
morning.
10. The jug is full of water. It is on the table.
11. I don’t understand the article. It appears in today’s paper.
12. The animal was a leopard. It was coming out from the forest.
13. Tobacco is a plant. Its large leaves are used for smoking or chewing.
14. You need to talk to a person. You can trust him so much.
15. My grandfather was a community leader. Everyone in our town
admired him ver much.
16. The newspaper article was about a man. He died two years ago of a
rare tropical disease.
17. Bogota is a cosmopolitan city. It is the capital of Colombia.
18. I really enjoyed talking to people. I had dinner with them last night.
19. Antartica is covered by a huge ice cap. It consists 70 percent of the
earth’s fresh water.
20. That chair is an antique. Sally inherited it from her grandmother.
21. In this paper, I will describe the basic process. Raw cotton becomes
cotton thread by this process.
22. People may become anxious and worried. They are forced to retire in
their middle of late sixties.

II. Reduce the Clauses of these sentences (if possible)

1. That man who was waving to us is the tour guide.

2. Only a few of the movies that are shown at the Gary Theatre are
suitable for children.
3. Arizona, which was once thought to be a useless desert, is today
rapidly growing industrial and agricultural state.
4. The man whose name I always forget will come to tea.
5. The leader of the ensuing revolution, which succeeded in
overthrowing the government, dismissed my friend from his post.
6. The man whom the company was fired could not finish the job on
time.
7. The paintings which are marked with a small red dot have already
been sold.
8. Dr. Jones is the professor whom I told you about.
9. The day care centre was established to take care of children whose
parents work during the day.
10. We couldn’t find the person whose car was blocking our driveway.
11. Our office needs a secretary who knows how to use various word
processing programs.
12. The picture which was bought last week is stolen.
13. The passengers in the airport who heard the announcement of the
cancelled flight groaned audibly.
14. Is that hat which was worn by your little brother expensive?
15. The noise which is always heard is only our dog fighting.

III. Error Analysis (Correct the sentences contain error in Adjective

Clause Structure and Reduce Clauses directly if
Possible)

1. In our village, there were many people didn’t have much money.
2. I don’t like to spend time with people which loses their temper easily.
3. In one corner of the marketplace, an old man who was playing a
violin.
4. Almost all prople appeared on TV wear full makeup.
5. I sit next to a person who his name is Ahmed.
6. I showed my father a picture of the car I am going to buy it as soon as
I save enough money.
7. I stll remember the man teaches me to play violin when I was a boy.
8. The boy drew pictures of people at an airport who waiting for their
planes.
9. Most advertisement are directed toward adults or teenagers but you
can see commercials on TV aiming at prompting to persuade their parents
to buy certain products.
10. The requirements of the school as written in the catalog states that all
students wish to attend must take the entrance exam.
11. I enjoyed the book that youtols me to read it.
12. A pedometer is an instrument that measuring the distance a person
walks.
13. The woman about who I was talking about suddenly walked into the
room. I hope she didn’t hear me.
14. A cafe people getting a light meal there is a small restaurant.
15. There was a time when movies costing time.

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