1.

Relative clause: The television, which was bought 20 years ago, was stolen. (Not Defining
Relative clause)

(Nota 1. Es Not defining debido a que la informacion que proporciona no es relevante para la
oración, la televisión sigue siendo televisión a pesar de que te indica que fue comprada hace 20
años) (which siempre es usado en Not defining relative clauses, en lugar de that, solo usas that en
Defining Relative Clauses, OJO)

En Defining relative clauses usas who exlcusivamente para personas y that para personas y
objetos.

En not Defining relative clauses usas who exlcusivamente para personas y which para objetos, ya
no usas that.

Reduced relative clause: The televisión, bought 20 years ago, was stolen (se suprimen el pronoun
(which) y le verbo to be (was) quedando solo el verbo bought, no olvides poner las comas porque
es Not defining

En resumen para suprimir: hay 3 formas de suprimir una defining o not defining relative clause.

Primera forma: Suprimir who/that +is/are

Suprimir which/that + is/are (OJO estas funcionan solo cuando tienes el verbo

To Be es decir cuando tienes is/are)

Ejemplo: I always buy tools that are very expensive

Reducido: I always buy tools very expensive

Segunda forma: Suprimir who/that/which + verb por un gerundio es decir si tengo algo asi:

I love people who have a great personality

Reducido te quedaria: I love people having a great personality.

Tercera forma: Suprimir who/that/which + have por un with es decir si tengo algo asi:

A student who has great scores in tests could be a good professional.

Reducido te quedaria: A student with great scores in tests could be a good

professional.

2.

Relative clause: I often buy cheese that/which is imported from Paris (Defining Relative Clause)

(Es defining relative clause porque la informacion adicional – imported from Paris – si me da
informacion relevante sobre el tipo de queso que compro, por eso es defining ademas va sin
comas)
Reduced relative clause: I often buy cheese imported from Paris (Aplica la primera forma de
reduccion)

3.

Relative clause: The bread, which was bought by John, is in the kitchen (Not Defining Relative
Clause)

(Es defining relative clause porque la informacion adicional – bought by John –no es relevante
sobre el pan, además va con comas)

Reduced relative clause: The bread, bought by John, is in the kitchen (Aplica la primera forma de
reduccion)

4.

Relative clause: We live in a house that was built by my grandfather ( Defining Relative Clause)

(Es defining relative clause porque la informacion adicional – built by my grandfather– es relevante
sobre la casa en que vivo, además va sin comas)

Reduced relative clause: We live in a house built by my grandfather (Aplica la primera forma de
reduccion).

5.

Relative clause: The money that was found in the street has been given to charity (Defining
Relative Clause)

(Es defining relative clause porque la informacion adicional – found in the street– es relevante
sobre el dinero que dieron a la caridad, además va sin comas)

Reduced relative clause: The money found in the street has been given to charity (Aplica la
primera forma de reduccion).

6.

The money which was found in the street has been given to charity

(Esta es la respuesta del ejercicio 6 tu profe se puso mal ahi jj, pero nota que usa which y you use
That, es porque en defining para cosas y objetos puedes usar cualquiera which or that)

7.

Relative clause: We all praised the cake, which was backed by my mother (Not Defining Relative
Clause)

(Es not defining relative clause porque la informacion adicional – backed by my mother– no es
relevante sobre el hecho de comer pastel, además va con comas)

Reduced relative clause: We all praised the cake, backed by my mother (Aplica la primera forma
de reduccion).
8.

Relative clause: The robber that was seen by David ran away ( Defining Relative Clause)

(Es defining relative clause porque la informacion adicional –was seen by David– es relevante
sobre de cuál es el robber, además va con comas)

Reduced relative clause: The robber seen by David ran away (Aplica la primera forma de
reduccion).

9. Relative clause: I really loved the flowers that were grown in London (Defining Relative
Clause)

(Es defining relative clause porque la informacion adicional –were grown in London– es relevante
sobre de cuáles son las flores que me gustaron, además va sin comas)

Reduced relative clause: I really loved the flowers grown in London (Aplica la primera forma de
reduccion).

10. Relative clause: The coffee that is drunk in Turkey is very strong (Defining Relative Clause)

(Es defining relative clause porque la informacion adicional –is drunk in Turkey– es relevante
sobre de cuál es el tipo de café fuerte, además va sin comas)

Reduced relative clause: The coffee drunk in Turkey is very strong (Aplica la primera forma de
reduccion).

11. Relative clause: I don’t know much about the games that are played by children nowadays
(Defining Relative Clause)

(Es defining relative clause porque la informacion adicional – that are played by children
nowadays – es relevante sobre de cuál es el tipo de juegos que el no conoce, además va sin
comas)

Reduced relative clause: I don’t know much about the games played by children nowadays
(Aplica la primera forma de reduccion).