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Grammar Reduced relative clause

A. Discuss with a partner.

1. What’s the title of the series of films starring
Chris Pratt as Star-Lord?
2. Which 2018 film, directed by Steven Spielberg,
is set in a virtual reality world called the OASIS?

3. Which singer, famous for her outrageous
fashion sense, starred in A Star is Born?

Reduced relative clauses are made by
removing the relative pronoun and use a
participle or adjective. Compare the questions
above to the questions below.
What’s the title of the series of films which star
Chris Pratt as Star-Lord?
Which 2018 film, which was directed by Steven
Spielberg, is set in a virtual reality world called
the OASIS?
Which singer, who is famous for her
outrageous fashion sense, starred in A Star is
Born?

B. Read the text. Complete the gaps with the correct form of the words
in the boxes.

know make mean portray provide release star sing

Guardians of the Galaxy, 1 in 2014, introduced more characters from the Marvel
Universe to the big screen. 2 Chris Pratt as the main character, Peter Quill, the
film made great use of retro music, as Quill is taken from Earth in 1988 with just the Awesome
Mix Vol. 1 as a reminder of his home planet and his mother. With songs like Hooked on a Feeling
or Moonage Daydream, 3 by David Bowie, the soundtrack quickly became a
number one hit in the US.
As well as having a great soundtrack, the film boasted an all-star cast, including Zoe Saldana,
Glenn Close and Vin Diesel. Diesel 4 the voice of the lovable Groot and
recorded his lines in various languages, so his real voice could be used around the world.
The film features a group of intergalactic criminals, 5 an incredible array of skin
colours and prosthetics were used to create the different races. Dave Bautista, 6
for being a WWE superstar, spent an average of three hours each day to have his tattoos and
make-up applied. He stars as Drax, originally 7 as a green alien in the comics.
However, in the film, he has a greyer colour, a decision 8 partly to differentiate
him from another Marvel character, the Hulk.

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