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11.6 Reduced Relative Clauses

The woman who stars in the movie has a beautiful voice.
The woman starring in the movie has a beautiful voice.

1. A subject relative clause can be The girl who was riding the bike fell off.
reduced or shortened to a relative The girl riding the bike fell off.
phrase.

2.In a relative phrase, the relative People who are driving hybrid cars like them.
pronoun (who, that, which) and any People driving hybrid cars like them.
form of be is omitted.
The film that was shown last night was exciting.
The film shown last night was exciting.

He is the person who is most interested in the job.
He is the person most interested in the job.

3. With some verbs other than be, you Anyone who wants to learn about film history

can omit the relative pronoun and should read this book.
add -ing after the base form of the
Anyone wanting to learn about film history
verb.
should read this book.

The film festival, held in Brazil, attracted people
4,Use commas when a non-identifying The film festival, which was held in Brazil, attracted
relative clause is reduced. people from all over the world.

from all over the world.

4 Complete the exercises.

Complete each sentence with a reduced relative clause.
1. Nollywood, which was named after Bollywood, is the Nigerian film industry.

named after Bollywood _ jis the Nigerian film industry.
Nollywood,
2. Nollywood films, which are mostly made in English, are shown around Africa and overseas.

Nollywood films, , are shown around Africa and overseas.

3. Some Somali films are made in Eastleigh, which is a neighborhood in Nairobi, Kenya.

Some Somali films are made in Eastleigh,

4. Last night we saw a film that was set in Nairobi.

Last night we saw a film

5. A Somali production company that is known as Eastleighwood is popular in many parts of
the world.
A Somali production company is popular in many parts of the world.

6. Anyone who is interested in world politics would enjoy the movie.
Anyone would enjoy the movie.

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