Relative clause

Participle Clauses Instead of using a full relative clause we can sometimes use a participle clause.

Form	Use	Example
Present participle	To say what the person/thing is doing	You can see many people wearing rings everywhere. = You can see many people who are wearing earings everywhere.
Past participle	To say what is/was done to the person/thing mentioned	I was looking at the walls covered with photos of clients. = I was looking at the walls which were covered with photos of clients.

Prepositional Phrase

• You can omit the relative pronoun and the verb be when they are followed by a prepositional phrase in DEFINING Relative Clauses.
• The computers in our classroom are fast. = The computers that are in our classroom are fast.

Prepositional Phrase

• An adjective can also come before the prepositional phrase.
• ADJ. + PREP. PHRASE
• Example:
• - Young workers low in self-esteem are unusual.
• - Students great at Mathematics have a chance to join International Olympiad.

Exercises

• Page 33
• a) Task 7
• b) Task 8

EXERCISE - Answers

• Task 7
• (ND)
• (ND): Body piercing, which has become very popular, is not a very expensive fashion.
• (D)
• (D)
• (D)
• (ND): St Petersburg, which is sometimes called the ‘Paris of the north’, has been extensively renovated.
• (D)