How to Reduce an Adjective Clause如何减少一个形容词子句.docx

Reduced Adjective ClausesStudent Name: __________________________________________ Date: __________________Instructor: ______________________________________________ Course:________________IMPORTANT NOTE: All the activities (3) in the DLA must be completed in their entirety before meeting with a tutor and receiving credit. Where indicated, complete your work on this sheet. Objectives: Through computer and other independent work, this activity will familiarize you with and help you create accurate sentences with reduced adjective clauses.Activities (approximately 1 hour): Read the information, then follow the steps below and be prepared to discuss your answers when you meet with a tutor. Check off each box once you have completed the activity.Understanding Adjective ClausesAn adjective clause—also called a relative clause—is a group of words that modify or describe a noun. Remember that adjective clauses contain a subject and a verb, begin with a relative pronoun (who, whom, whose, that, which), and are dependent clauses, which means that they cannot stand alone because they have no meaning without an independent (main) clause.She is the woman +who works at the bakery. (Independent clause) (Adjective clause)Reduced Adjective Clauses We reduce sentences when you have the same subject in the main clause and the adjective clause. Adjective clauses contain relative pronouns like who, which, or that. The reduced adjective clause becomes an adjective phrase, which does not have a subject. An adjective phrase does not have a subject and a verb. Instead, it has a present participle (base verb + ing) for the active voice or a past participle for the passive voice.Normal SentenceThe girl who is standing by the table is my sister.Reduced SentenceThe girl standing by the table is my sister.Normal SentenceThe watch that was found in the lobby belongs to Lilly.Reduced SentenceThe watch found in the lobby belongs to Lilly.Normal SentencePeople who live in large cities have many