By Miss Poly

Compare these sentences

The girl wearing a red t-shirt was my sister.
The girl who was wearing a red t-shirt

was my sister.

We saw a movie based on an awesome book .

We saw a movie which was based on an awesome

book.

 The picture, which was painted by Georges

Seurat, is called Sunday afternoon on the

island of La Grande Jatte.

The picture, painted by Georges Seurat, is

called Sunday afternoon on the island of La

Grande Jatte.

Use
We use

information about a noun.

participle clauses to give more

They can be described as

SHORTENED RELATIVE CLAUSES

Defining relative clauses Non-Defining relative clauses

PARTICIPLE CLAUSES

They dont include a relative pronoun

PRESENT PARTICIPLE

PAST PARTICIPLE

The girl SHOWING her hand

Replaces an active verb

The programme SHOWN on TV

Replaces a passive verb

Examples
He knows the man talking on the phone.

The man is talking on the phone / active verb

The old house, built in 1720, will be repaired

by the end of October.

Someone built that old house / passive verb The house WAS BUILT by someone.

Combine the two sentences using a participle clause

the background. (d)

You can see Velazquez in this painting. He is standing in

The sculpture represents the biblical King David. It was

carved in the early 1500s. (n-d)

Cats is one of the longest-running musicals in Britain. It

was written by Andrew Lloyd Webber.

The Matrix was released in 1999. It stars Keanu Reeves. An exhibition has been extended by a month. It features

works by M C Escher.

The play is about social justice. It was written by Bertolt

Brecht.

Answer key
You can see Velazquez standing in the background in this

painting.

The sculpture, carved in the early 1500s, represents the

biblical King David.

Cats, written by Andrew Lloyd Webber, is one of the

longest-running musicals in Britain.

The Matrix, starring Keanu Reeves, was released in 1999.

The exhibition featuring works by M C Escher has been

extended by a month.

The play, written by Bertolt Brecht, is about social justice.

Rewrite the relative clauses as participle phrases.

He played a piano that belonged to his

grandmother.

The novel, which was written by Edgar Allan

Poe, was very long.

of the band.

The man who is singing today is not the vocalist The documents which were given to the boss

were not autentic.

For extra practice go to your workbook, page 85.