adjective clauses and phrases AG2

Adjective Clause: People who experience culture shock often feel disoriented.

to reduce it to an adjective phrase:

• People who experiencing culture shock feel disoriented

• People experiencing culture shock often feel disoriented.

To reduce an adjective clause with a verb be, delete the relative pronoun and the be verb.

Travelers who are not prepared for cultural differences may struggle:

Travelers not prepared for cultural differences may struggle.

• true

• false

• maybe

adjective clauses with other verbs can be reduced by deleting the relative pronoun and changing the main verb to an ing form:

People who move to a new country often face culture shock :

People moving to a new country often face culture shock.

• false

• true

• maybe

you can only reduce adjective clauses to adjective phrases when:

• whose, whom and where is the subject pronoun of the clause.

• who, which or that is the subject pronoun of the clause.

we can OMIT the relative pronouns who(m), that and which AFTER a preposition. when we do this the preposition moves to the end of the clause.

The person to whom I spoke was very helpful:

• The person I spoke was very helpful.

• The person I spoke to was very helpful.

• The person I to spoke was very helpful.

• Culture shock affects many people, _____ struggle to adapt to new environments.

• many of whom

• many of which

• many of whose

• The traditions in a new country can be very different, _______ may seem strange at first.

• some of whom

• some of which

• some of whose

• Culture shock is common among international students, _____ experiences vary greatly depending on their home country.

• many of which

• many of whom

• many of whose

• The participants in the cultural exchange program, _____ backgrounds are diverse, share their experiences of culture shock.

• some of whom

• all of which

• all of whose

• Culture shock can manifest in various symptoms, the symptoms of which may include anxiety, confusion, and homesickness.

• the pattern: noun+ of which refer only to THINGS

• the pattern: noun+ of which refer only to PEOPLE