Adjective Clauses

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Adjective Clause Shortening - THAT + Verb Deletion

  • with a subject pronoun
  • with a verb that can be changed to an -ING form

Congress

 

ADJECTIVE CLAUSE SHORTENED CLAUSE
Congress, which consists of two houses, is on a break. Congress, consisting of two houses, is on a break.
The stock market, which crashed to its lowest point of the year, worried us. The stock market, crashing to its lowest point of the year, worried us.
Gas which costs over $4 a gallon can be seen in the Bay Area. Gas costing over $4 a gallon can be seen in the Bay Area.

 

 

 

 

Practicebasket of vegetables 

 

  1. Shorten the adjective clause using the -ing form method.
  2. Then, check your answer.
 
# YOUR RESPONSE - SHORTEN THE CLAUSE CHECK YOUR ANSWER

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A healthy diet that includes fruit and fiber will decrease one's risk of cancer.

 

 

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A family that takes vitamins has fewer visits to the doctor.
   

 

 

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The study said that children who attended preschool often had more colds.

 

 

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Joggers who will run in the marathon should get to the stadium early to warm up.

  

 

in the marathon should get to the stadium early to warm up.  

 

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around children in public should be cited?

 

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Julie Sevastopoulos - ESL Department - College of San Mateo - San Mateo, CA 94402 USA