"Reduced" relative clauses. | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

English 18 Public

Join pieces of information together using "reduced" relative clauses. Mind the commas;

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People will not be allowed to enter. People who have arrived late.

People arriving late will not be allowed to enter

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I often buy cheese (the cheese is imported from Paris)

I often buy cheese imported from Paris

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The bread was delicious. It was John who bought the bread.

The bread, bought by John, was delicious.

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) They called a lawyer (the lawyer lived nearby)

They called a lawyer living nearby.

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The man is in the garden (the man is wearing a blue jumper)

The man wearing a blue jumper is in the garden

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The cookies are over. They were made by my grandmother.

The cookies made by my grandmother are over.

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The bus is very fast. It is coming from the tunnel.

The bus, coming from the tunnel, is very fast.

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This is an old photograph. (It was taken of my grandmother.)

This is an old photograph taken by my grandmother.

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The television was stolen (the television was bought twenty years ago)

The television bought twenty years ago was stolen

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We broke the computer (the computer belongs to my father).

We broke the computer belonging to my father.

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Don't wake the baby (the baby is sleeping in the next room)

Don't wake the baby sleeping in the next room.

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Who is that boy (that boy is walking in the forest)?

Who is that boy walking in the forest?

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The man is over there (the man wants coffee)

The man wanting coffee is over there.

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Julia is on the train (the train is arriving at Platform 3)

Julia is on the train arriving at Platform 3.

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(Search) for her gloves, she dug through the entire wardrobe.

Searching for her gloves, she dug through the entire wardrobe.

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(whistle) a song, she danced through the house with the mop.

Whistling a song, she danced through the house with the mop.

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