Reduced Relative Clauses - Defining and Non- Defining Relative Clauses - Advanced Grammar Lesson

In this lesson, learn what is a reduced relative clause, when and how to use them to improve your written English. Examples with both defining and non-defining relative clauses. Test yourself at the end to see how much you have learned. A must-see for IELTS and Cambridge FCE, Advanced and above.

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0.00 Introduction
0.42 What is a reduced relative clause
0.57 Example of a reduced relative clause with a present participle
1:21 Example of a reduced relative clause with a past participle
1:50 Present participle in place of an active verb and past participle in place of a passive verb
2:10 Example of an active verb in a reduced relative clause
2:44 Example of a passive verb in a reduced relative clause
3:18 Example of a present participle referring to past, present and future.
4:07 Example of a past participle referring to past, present and future.
4:55 Example of a participle from a simple passive tin a defining relative clause o describe a general situation
6:20 Example of a participle in a non-defining relative clause for description
6:59 Negative reduced relative clauses
7:44 Adjectives and adjective phrases after nouns
8:13 Adjectives that can be used like reduced relative clauses
8:34 Example when we can't use a participle instead of a verb when there is a single, sudden action
8:51 Examples when we can't use a participle when the subject is different to the relative pronoun
9:37 Example when we use an infinitive and not a participle after adjectives, first, second and third.
10:09 Test yourself with a text in which you make reduced relative clauses.