Help me task 1, please..

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Yes. I understand. I also have studied relative clauses but I don't understand clearly. I'm going to revise it.

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A relative clause describes a noun within a sentence.

For example, look at this sentence:

The horse won the race.

It does not tell us very much. What was the horse's name? Who owned the horse?

Relative clauses give us more information.

1. The horse was owned by Mr. Tran.
The horse [which was owned my Mr. Tran] won the race.

2. The horse came from Saudi Arabia.
The horse [which came from Saudi Arabia] won the race.
(Another way to say this: The Saudi Arabian horse won the race.)

3. The horse was the youngest of the horses in the race.
The horse [which was the youngest] won the race.
(Another way to say this: The youngest horse won the race.)

4. The horse was named "Gallup."
The horse [which was named "Gallup"] won the race.
(Another way to say this: The horse named "Gallup" won the race.
You can omit the relative pronoun and the helping verb if the clause is passive voice.
So in sentence #1, "which was" can be omitted.
You cannot omit these words in #2 and #3. These are active voice sentences.

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