ADVANCED LESSON: How to Reduce the Adjective Clause: Relative Clause Reduction

The video tutorial from Learning Depot explains how to reduce adjective clauses, which are dependent clauses that modify nouns or pronouns. It covers five methods of reduction: to an adjective, an adjective phrase, a present participle, a past participle, and a prepositional phrase. The tutorial also discusses when not to reduce clauses, such as when the action is completed or when the subject differs. Additionally, it touches on elliptical sentences, where the relative pronoun can be removed but not considered a reduction.

What is the primary function of an adjective clause?

• To act as a conjunction

• To modify an adverb

• To modify a verb

• To modify a noun or pronoun

How can the adjective clause 'which is new' in 'Macie's car, which is new, is very expensive' be reduced?

• Macie's car is new and expensive

• Macie's new car is very expensive

• Macie's car is very new and expensive

• Macie's car new is very expensive

Which part of speech is used when reducing the clause 'that was broken' in 'The table that was broken was thrown in the recycling bin'?

• Present participle

• Prepositional phrase

• Adjective phrase

• Past participle

What change is made to the verb when reducing a clause with a non 'be' verb?

• It is removed entirely

• It is changed to a present participle

• It is changed to a past participle

• It remains unchanged

In which scenario should an adjective clause not be reduced?

• When the clause is non-defining

• When the clause modifies a noun

• When the verb is in continuous tense

• When the action is completed

Why should the clause 'who wrote the best seller' in 'I am meeting the author who wrote the best seller' not be reduced?

• Because it is a defining clause

• Because it conveys a completed action

• Because it is a non-defining clause

• Because it modifies a verb

What is the result of removing the relative pronoun 'that' in 'The burger that I ate last night was too greasy'?

• The sentence remains unchanged

• The sentence becomes elliptical

• The sentence becomes a reduction

• The sentence becomes incorrect