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Extra practice for Lesson 44

Supplementary support for language you've already met in the course. Nothing here is a required stage — use it whenever a point needs more work.

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Grammar practice

Quick checks drawn from the Grammar Bank. Try it, then reveal.

Reduced relative & participle clauses

Clauses & Linking

Drop the relative pronoun + be: '-ing' for active meaning, past participle for passive meaning.

Reduce: 'The man who is standing by the door…'
Reduce: 'The files that were deleted yesterday…'

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Inversion for emphasis

Comparison & Emphasis

Put a negative or restrictive adverbial first, then invert subject and auxiliary: Not only did she…, Rarely have I…, No sooner had we….

Invert: 'I have never seen anything like it.'
Invert: 'She not only writes, she also illustrates.'

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