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Reduced Relative Clauses
Reduced Relative Clauses
Reduced Relative Clauses
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PFC SPRING SEMESTER PREP 151 & 155 COURSE MATERIAL
1. READ the article about Generation Z. How might this generation be different from other, older colleagues in the
workplace?
Generation Z, also known as iGen, are people born between 1995 and 2012. This generation is now entering the
workplace. Although it is hard to generalize about such a large group, these young workers share certain traits.
This group is hard-working, pragmatic and entrepreneurial. David Stillman, a generation Z expert, believes this is the
result of the way they were raised. Raised at a time when many of their parents had lost their jobs in the Great Recession,
iGen values job security more than other generations.
Generation Zers, also raised in the era of YouTube, social media and smartphones, are the first real digital natives.
They are comfortable with technology in the workplace. They are multi-tasking experts watching an online video,
commenting on Instagram and listening to music at the same time.
However, their work habits can sometimes cause distractions. Working on their own side projects can cause moments of
inattentiveness, during which serious errors can occur. Older colleagues may find this trait annoying.
This generation of employees will use technology and their own entrepreneurial spirit to make the workplace more
efficient. Generation Z is ambitious, independent and tech savvy. These are the traits helping them succeed in the
workplace.
2. CHECK Answer the comprehension questions about the text.
◦ They are multi-tasking experts who watch an online video, comment on Instagram and listen to music at the
same time.
◦ They are multi-tasking experts watching an online video, commenting on Instagram and listening to
music at the same time.
◦ These are the traits which help them succeed in the workplace.
◦ These are the traits helping them succeed in the workplace.
DISCOVER CONT.
◦ Generation Z, which is also known as iGen, are people born between 1995 and 2012.
◦ Generation Z, also known as iGen, are people born between 1995 and 2012.
◦ David Stillman, who is a generation Z expert, believes this is the result of the way they were raised.
◦ David Stillman, , believes this is the result of the way they were raised.
a generation Z expert
◦ Generation Zers, who are also raised in the era of YouTube, social media and smartphones, are the first real
digital natives.
◦ Generation Zers, , are the first real digital
natives.
also raised in the era of YouTube, social media and smartphones
REDUCED RELATIVE CLAUSES-INTRODUCTION
If the relative pronoun is the subject of the relative clause, ‘Relative Clause’ can be
reduced. Reduction is possible in non-defining relative clauses as well.
We will study Reduced Relative Clauses with the following meanings and the forms.
◦ The patient who is being examined by the doctor looks very anxious.
◦ He won’t answer the questions which are about his private life.
◦ c. after something/anything/someone/etc
◦ We will need someone who will baby-sit our daughter during the award ceremony.
◦ We will need someone to baby-sit our daughter during the award ceremony.
◦ 1. Young people who are entering the workforce are different from other generations.
◦ Young people entering the workforce are different from other generations.
◦ Cannot be reduced
◦ 3. Gen Zers who are in the workforce tend to be independent and hard-working.
◦ 4. Generation X, which is another large group in the workforce, does not tend to equate age with respect.
◦ Generation X, another large group in the workforce, does not tend to equate age with respect.
◦ 5. Baby boomers who were graduating from college in the 1960s lived in prosperous times.
◦ Baby Boomers graduating from college in the 1960s lived in prosperous times.
Exercise 3: Read the following sentences, decide whether reduction or omission is possible and rewrite them accordingly.
◦ 1. Parents who create a stimulating environment have children with fewer discipline problems.
◦ (Reduction) Parents creating a stimulating environment have children with fewer discipline problems.
◦ 2. A second study that experts completed shows opposite results to the first.
◦ (Omission) A second study experts completed shows opposite results to the first.
◦ 3. Feeling vulnerable and scared are characteristics that older people may display.
◦ (Omission) Feeling vulnerable and scared are characteristics older people may display.
◦ 4. Some siblings who fight as children can have excellent relationships as adults.
◦ (Reduction) Some siblings fighting as children can have excellent relationships as adults.
◦ 5. Many companies that start out well on the Internet later fail.
◦ (Reduction) Many companies starting out well on the Internet later fail.
4. APPLY Think about a generation that affected the flow of history. Write a
description of this generation. Include at least 5 reduced relative clauses.