Download Relative Clauses

He forgets to study.
He forgets studying.
I remembered to laugh
I remembered laughing
She stopped packing
She stopped to pack.
Some Words to
Consider:
Forget
Remember
Stop
Reviewing from yesterday…
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Pull out your homework.
Find someone to trade with.
Trade papers and read the other person’s
paragraph. While you read the paragraph
underline all of the relative clauses.
Guess what the paragraph is about.
When using relative clauses, make sure they
are describing a noun…
 When using relative clauses make sure not to
use noun/pronouns that refer to the noun it is
describing. Example…
I work for a company which it does great things.
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I work for a company which does great things.
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“Reduce” a relative clause by removing the
relative pronoun and the “be” verb.
Passive, Progressive (participles)
Prepositional, Adjectives
Only reduce restrictive relative clauses
Only if the sentence still makes sense… beware
of over reducing 
Sentence
Relative pronoun
+
“be verb”
Restrictive Relative Clause
Participle phrase
Prepositional phrase
Adjective Phrase
RESTRICTIVE RELATIVE
CLAUSE
That
 Defining
 Necessary information
 Do not use commas
 Can be reduced
Example:
The boy who knew too
little got into bit trouble.
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NONRESTRICTIVE
RELATIVE CLAUSE
Which
 Non-defining
 Extra information
 Use commas to separate
 Cannot be reduced
Example:
John, who knew too little
about matches, got into
trouble yesterday.
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“Reduce” a relative clause by removing the
relative pronoun and the “be” verb.
Passive, Progressive (participles)
Prepositional, Adjectives
Only reduce restrictive relative clauses
Only if the sentence still makes sense… beware
of over reducing 
Sentence
Relative pronoun
+
“be verb”
Restrictive Relative Clause
Participle phrase
Prepositional phrase
Adjective Phrase
Step #1: Identify the pronoun and “be verb”
Noun phrase
Relative pronoun
+
“be verb”
Restrictive Relative Clause
Participle phrase
Prepositional phrase
Adjective Phrase
Step #2: Remove the pronoun and “be verb”
Noun phrase
Restrictive Relative Clause
Participle phrase
Prepositional phrase
Adjective Phrase
Step #3: Put it together and check comprehension
Noun phrase
Restrictive Relative Clause
Participle phrase
Prepositional phrase
Adjective Phrase
Step #1: Identify the pronoun and “be verb”
I need a book that is written by an expert.
Step #2: Remove the pronoun and “be verb”
I need a book
written by an expert.
Step #3: Put it together and check comprehension
I need a book written by an expert.
Step #1: Identify the pronoun and “be verb”
…the librarian who is working at the desk...
Step #2: Remove the pronoun and “be verb”
…the librarian
working at the desk...
Step #3: Put it together and check comprehension
…the librarian working at the desk...
Step #1: Identify the pronoun and “be verb”
…anyone who is foolish enough...
Step #2: Remove the pronoun and “be verb”
…anyone
foolish enough...
Step #3: Put it together and check comprehension
…anyone foolish enough...
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Given the sheet from class go through the
sentences and figure out which ones can be
reduced and which ones cannot. Do this on
your own.
When you are finished find someone in the
class and compare answers.
We will discuss when everyone has completed
the assignment.
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Project time! There are two parts to this mini
project that is due Monday.
This weekend figure out a way to explain reducing
relative clauses. It can be a check list, an activity, a
graph, or anything else that will help YOU
understand reducing the relative clauses.
Do you have relative clauses in your native
language? How are the same or different than they
are in English? Write a short explanation as the
second part of your homework.