Reduced Relative Clause

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RELATIVE CLAUSES REPLACED BY PARTICIPLES AND TO-INFINITIVES
I. Reduce the following relative clauses, using Participle Phrases:
1. The man who teaches my son is my friend.
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2. The street which leads to the school is very wide.
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3. My grandfather, who is old and sick, never goes out of the house.
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4. We are driving on the road which was built in 1980.
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5. I saw many houses that were destroyed by the storm.
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6. The computers which are used here are very old.
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7. Trains which leave from this station take an hour to get to London.
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8. That is the news which surprised us most.
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9. They’ve just delivered the goods that were ordered last week.
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10. There are some children who are playing in the backyard of the house.
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11. Do you know the woman who made a very interesting speech last night?
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12. The foreign language which is being taught in most schools is English.
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13. Astronauts who are orbiting the earth in space capsules are weightless.
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14. Customers who complain about the service should see the manager.
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15. The book that is on the top of the shelf is the one that is very useful.
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16. The vegetables which are sold in this shop are grown without chemicals.
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17. The number of students who have been counted is quite high.
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18. The student who sits next to me is from China.
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19. Do you know the music which is being played on the radio?
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20. He lives in a big house which stands on the top of the hill.
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II. Reduce the following relative clauses, using To- infinitives:
21. I have some letters that I must write.
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22. We had a river in which we could swim.
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23. I don’t have anyone that I can go with.
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24. She didn’t have anyone to whom she could send cards.
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25. There are two letters which must be written today.
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26. Have you got a key which can unlock this door?
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27. He doesn’t have anything that he can eat.
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28. Mary has a long letter which she must type right away.
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29. He gave me the magazine that I could read during the waiting time.
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30. John was the last person who left the room.
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31. I want to buy some postcards which I can send to my friends.
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32. I don’t have anything new that I can tell you today.
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33. He was the last man that was interviewed yesterday.
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34. Here is a test that must be finished right now.
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35. The man was the second person who was killed in this way.
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36. The place where we learn English well is the London School.
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37. How many pupils who were awarded are there in your class?
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38. There were 20 persons who were killed in the bomb explosion last week.
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39. Are there any cars which are being repaired in the garage at the moment?
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40. Here are some accounts that must be checked.
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41. The man whom we should watch carefully used to be a bank robber.
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42. There are many books which we can read for reference at our school library.
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43. The only thing that we have to remember is to obey our parents.
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44. We are very busy because there is a lot of homework which has to be done.
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45. Thomas was the first man that reached the top of the mountain.
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46. She was the fourth woman who finished the race.
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47. The first person that arrives at the party will be given a small gift.
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48. The latest news that is about the cyclone will reach people in the area soon.
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49. The only athletes that make new records this time will be offered awards from the sponsors.
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50. I really don’t know the first person that traveled around the world.
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