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

An adjective clause, also known as an adjectival, or relative clause is a dependent clause that modifies a noun or a pronoun. In effect, this clause functions as one part of speech: the adjective.
Why would you want or need to reduce the adjective clause? To add variety to your sentences or to make your speech less formal, you may want to reduce the adjective clause.
In this advanced lesson, we will take an indepth look at the adjective, or relative clause.You will learn that the adjective, or relative, clause can be reduced to five parts of speech: the adjective, adjective phrase, present participle, past participle, and prepositional phrase.
You will also learn when you should not reduce the adjective phrase.
Examples are given.

[@thelearningdepot]

Here's the link to the quiz. ua-cam.com/video/EImmk7icnEs/v-deo.html

[@fongbeng9072]

Teacher,I'm Fong here,
Why we can't reduce this clause!!
1) I have a friend who is travelling to France.
2) I paid a man who is repairing my car.
(How about this clause?)

[@ParsaKhoshnoodGhavim]

Wow, what an excellent video from you. I would like to thank you for all of your efforts. This video was extremely helpful.

[@thelearningdepot]

Glad to help! 😊

[@darasadmedia.8599]

After listening the video two times, I understood the example very well.
I Have a friend, who is travelling to France .
Because, the first subject is "I" and the second subject is " Who or he.

[@alidinolaghari9246]

Very nice..

[@Nitephall]

I'm embarrassed that I was once an English major and have never heard of an elliptical sentence. Put my name on the roll call teacher!

[@thelearningdepot]

😉

[@shumanashfak6690]

Thanks for this Great Lesson . U r really an Awesome teacher

[@AxelAraucoRudas]

I am very grateful for the new knowledge acquired but I have a doubt regarding the second part of the video that deals with verbs that are not verb to be, what happens if it is in another tense apart from the present verb?
Could it be changed to past participle or will it always be with the present participle?

[@Saha9800]

Thank you for mentioning exceptions to the rule because most learners have most likely heard about reductions, but they don't know exceptions.

[@thelearningdepot]

You're very welcome! 😊

[@DrShaper]

On the previous video, the sentence of “I like the song that was playing on the radio last night” was reduced, but in this sentence the subject is diffirent in the two clauses that are the relative clause and the main clause. However, in this video you said if the subject is different from each other, you cant reduce. I couldnt understand this situation.

[@DrShaper]

Is this rule only true when relative pronun is “who”?

[@whocares8025]

Same question.

[@idontlikecabbage]

Thanks mam! I find the information about adjective clause for my presentation in class this help me a lot! ❤️❤️❤️

[@20ilincsh]

❤❤❤awesomeness

[@anilkumarjangbahadu229]

Excellent, ma'am

[@adilusuf1459]

Thanks Dear ! You crafted the presentation in a manner that can be understood very easily in lesson 10 min. Though the topic is hard to explain & to understand equally even for those who are English teachers.

[@thelearningdepot]

Thank you! I appreciate your words and glad to be of help. 😊

[@idabagusdarmaputra125]

Thank you indeed❤

[@jamesj2762]

Could you make a detailed video about Past Participle in phrase and their other usage in sentence. Thank you for this great video of this.

[@thelearningdepot]

Great suggestion!

[@eprohoda]

omg! that is coole dition-friend. 🔥

[@TW18725]

You seem to be a grammar master.

[@williamssharon3908]

This was a great lesson! 👍

[@thelearningdepot]

Thanks! 😊

[@whocares8025]

At 6:52 you said: I have a friend who is traveling to France. Because it has "different subjects" (I have a friend. My friend is traveling to France.) it can't be reduced. That's okay.
But how about: "I have a friend who is working for Google." Can't we say... "I have a friend working for Google."? It still has "2 different subjects". (I have a friend. My friend is working for Google.)
In my mind, the sentence "I have a friend working for Google." is okay. That way we're giving some additional information about our friend. Am I wrong?
Thank you.

[@SharonWilliam-kl2he]

That's a great lesson! 👍 9:05

[@thelearningdepot]

Glad you liked it!

[@juniresadekazalukhu9912]

How if the adjective clause use present perfect "the man who have helped me is tall"

[@alextremodelnorte1905]

Nice

[@Formulastreet]

So simple, but yet so hard to master those set rules.

[@PraveenKumar-nj7ee]

Mam may I write this sentence like this.
I have a friend who is travelling to France.
I have a friend travelling to France.
Both is correct or no please reply.

[@thelearningdepot]

You can say: I have a friend who is traveling to France; however, I have a friend traveling to France is not correct. In order to reduce the clause, the subject must be the same for both clauses. The "who" in the relative clause is referring to "friend" which is different from the subject in the main clause, "I". This is explained in the video in 06:58.

[@naveen_jatav_]

@@thelearningdepot Thanks mam.

[@davecheung6957]

@@thelearningdepot From your previous lesson, you reduce "I like the song that was playing on the radio last night." to
"I like the song playing on the radio last night."
Is this an exception?

[@yusufghavatoys]

That is not match with Longman Toefl Book.

[@CoronaVirus-uy1cw]

Good job