Uso de Gerundios para Transformar Oraciones Relativas

Curso de Inglés Intermedio B1: Preguntas Negativas y Recomendaciones

Contenido del curso

Introduction

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Estructuras Paralelas y Preguntas Negativas en Inglés B1 Intermedio
02:00 min

Grammar structures in the News and on TV

Recommendations, Expectations, and Negative Questions

Adverbs and Prepositions

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Técnicas Avanzadas de Escritura Formal en Español
01:12 min

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Uso de Gerundios para Transformar Oraciones Relativas

Curso de Inglés Intermedio B1: Preguntas Negativas y Recomendaciones

Clase 7 de 21

Clase 7 / 21

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Transformar oraciones relativas en cláusulas más cortas y directas es una habilidad clave para escribir con fluidez en inglés. Comprender cómo los gerunds reemplazan pronombres relativos permite construir textos más naturales, especialmente en medios escritos y noticias.

¿Cómo se transforma una relative sentence con un gerund?

El punto de partida es una oración que contiene un pronombre relativo (who, which, that) seguido de un verbo activo en presente. Esa estructura puede sustituirse por un gerund (verbo + -ing), eliminando el pronombre relativo y simplificando la oración sin cambiar su significado [0:25].

Por ejemplo:

"The police impounded all the vehicles which belong to his brother."
Se convierte en: "The police impounded all the vehicles belonging to his brother."

Este tipo de construcción recibe el nombre de participial clause [1:10]. Se usa con frecuencia en textos formales, noticias y reportajes, donde la brevedad y la claridad son prioritarias.

¿Qué ejemplos ilustran esta transformación?

Varios casos muestran el patrón de forma clara [1:18]:

"The woman who was driving the Mazda was under the influence." → "The woman driving the Mazda was under the influence."
"Anyone who votes after the aforementioned date will not receive the benefit." → "Anyone voting after the aforementioned date will not receive the benefit."
"There are delays for people who are commuting on the South Avenue." → "There are delays for people commuting on the South Avenue."

En cada caso, el significado permanece exactamente igual. La diferencia está en la economía de palabras: se elimina el pronombre relativo y, cuando existe un verbo auxiliar (was, are), también desaparece.

¿Cómo practicar la construcción de participial clauses?

Una forma efectiva es reorganizar palabras desordenadas para formar oraciones completas [2:15]. Dos ejemplos trabajados:

"The lawyers seeking the settlement have just arrived."
"The officer performing the arrest was decorated and celebrated that day." [2:45]

Ambas oraciones usan el gerund directamente después del sustantivo, sin necesidad de who o which. Esta práctica refuerza la capacidad de identificar el sujeto y colocar el gerund como modificador inmediato.

¿Cuándo conviene usar esta estructura?

La participial clause es especialmente útil cuando:

Se escribe para medios de comunicación o textos periodísticos.
Se busca un estilo conciso y profesional.
Se quiere evitar la repetición de pronombres relativos en un mismo párrafo.

No cambia el significado, pero sí mejora la fluidez y la elegancia del texto. Es una herramienta que diferencia a un escritor intermedio de uno avanzado en inglés.

Ahora es tu turno: toma las imágenes y las palabras en negrita propuestas y crea tus propias oraciones con participial clauses. Compártelas en el panel de discusión para recibir retroalimentación.

Adrián Leonardo Morales Rodríguez

Hace 3 años

Gerunds can replace relative pronouns when replacing active verbs. However, when can relative pronouns be replaced by verbs in the infinitive?

silfredo mario

Hace 3 años

Relative pronouns can be replaced by verbs in the infinitive in the following cases:

After ordinal numbers (the first, the second, etc.) After superlatives (the best, the most beautiful, etc.) After next, last, and only After verbs that express a wish or desire, such as want, wish, hope, and desire After verbs that express a need, such as need, require, and demand After verbs that express a command, such as order, tell, and ask After verbs that express a permission, such as allow, permit, and let After verbs that express a suggestion, such as suggest, propose, and recommend After verbs that express a doubt, such as doubt, wonder, and hesitate After verbs that express a possibility, such as possible, probable, and likely After verbs that express a necessity, such as necessary, essential, and vital For example:

The first person to arrive was John. (The first person who arrived was John.) This is the best book to read. (This is the book that is best to read.) I need someone to help me. (I need someone who can help me.) The teacher told the students to be quiet. (The teacher told the students that they should be quiet.) The doctor suggested that I see a specialist. (The doctor suggested that I should see a specialist.) It is possible that he will come. (It is possible that he will be coming.) It is important to note that not all relative pronouns can be replaced by verbs in the infinitive. For example, the relative pronoun "which" cannot be replaced by a verb in the infinitive.

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Comentarios (142)142 comentarios

Maria Alejandra Liscano

Hace 5 años

A relative pronoun plus an active verb in the present can often be replaced by a gerund in written media or in news stories. This is often called a participial clause.

Practice

The Lwyers seeking the settlement have just arrived.
The officer performing the arrest was decorated and celebrated that day

Elisson Benjamín García Ramírez

Hace 4 años

good

Ricardo Ruíz Velazco

The girl modeling in the picture is my friend. The cars coming over have didn't realized that the bridge was closed.

Rene Francisco Lora Gonzalez

Profesor

The cars coming over didn't realize that the bridge was closed. 😉 Or The cars coming over haven't realized that the bridge was closed. 😉

Sarah Elisabeth Aguilar Rivas

The Lawyers seeking the settlement have just arrived. The officer performing the arrest was decorated and celebrated that day.

David Betancourt

Nice!

Roberto Vladimir Mártir Acosta

Nice

Josué David Jiménez Saravia

the girl modelling is my sister the motorcycle coming over didn't see stop sign and received a ticket

Valeria Giraldo Pinzón

Hace un año

The lawyers seeking the settlement have just arrived.
The officer performing the arrest was decorated and celebrated that day.
The girl modelling is daughter of my neighbor.
The girl who modelled is daughter of my neighbor.
The brigde which come over
The brigde which come over cars is very is very large.
the bridge coming over cars is very large.

Marisol Georgina Calderón Duana

i have a question in the example who modelled is correct "modelled" with two ll??

The spelling of "modelled" with two "ll" is correct in British English. In American English, the spelling is "modeled" with one "l".

The spelling of "modelled" with two "ll" is more common in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and other countries that use British English. The spelling of "modeled" with one "l" is more common in the United States and Canada.

So, the answer to your question is that "modelled" with two "ll" is correct if you are writing in British English. If you are writing in American English, then "modeled" with one "l" is correct.

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Ronald Victor Blanco Balboa

The lawyers seeking the settlement have just arrived.
The officer performing the arrest was decorated and celebrated that day.

The woman modelling in the picture is a famous singer.
The cars coming over have participated in a race.

Ana Marcela Ruiz García

Hace 22 días

The lawyer seeking the settlement have just arrived.

The officer performing the arrest was decorated and celebrated that day.

Ruben Dario Leon Rivera

Hace 3 meses

Good Afternoon!, my practice:

"The Lawyers have just arrived seeking the settlement"

Correct: The Lawyers seeking the settlement have just arrived

"The office performing the arrest was decorated and celebrated that day" - correct!

About the pictures:

1- She modeling at the front of old car

2- The cars coming in the bridge

sofia velandia

Hace 4 meses

The lawyers seeking the settlement have just arrived
The officer performing the arrest was decorated and celebrated that day
The model posing in the picture looks very nice
The cars coming over are experiencing good trafic flow throught the bridge

Jaime Alberto Argueta Maravilla

Hace 5 meses

excersise,

the girl modelling the new clothes Is beatifull

the traffic coming over the road are passing the bridge

María Anita Fuentes de Flores

Hace 6 meses

The woman modelling in front of the car looks very stylish.

I saw a girl modelling for a photoshoot next to a vintage vehicle.

The cars coming over the bridge are moving slowly.

There are many vehicles coming over the long bridge today.

Manuel Antonio López Suhul

The Lawyers seeking the settlement have just arrived.

(Who modelad) (Which come over)

Call to action. Use the pictures to make sentences using participial clauses.

Today I hired three women and two men to take some pictures, one of the girls modeling told me that she had to leave earlier than we had agreed. Then, a few minutes later the rest of the models told me the same. consequently, the whole team hastened to take the pictures before the models left.

Mark I know we only work till noon today, but I need you and the guys to stay a little longer because John has just told me that they sent one last shipment and we need to unload it, the product it's coming I need you guys to stay here till 1pm then we discharge the truck and we'll be done, I am sorry.

Nidia Emilse Montañez Arevalo

Hace 7 meses

The girl who is modeling is my sister.

The girl modeling is my sister.

The man coming over here is my friend.

The bridge which comes over the river is very old.

The bridge coming over the river is very old.

Andrea Carolina Herrera Castañeda

Hace 8 meses

Thanks! It´s usefull all the examples and the practices

Rogelio Guillermo Pacheco Elorza

Hace 9 meses

The girl modeling before the old car is a friend of mine

The cars coming over look like they are passing the speed limit

Daniel Steven Carrera Osorno

The woman modelled the picture that is requested by authorities for throwing trash.
The cars coming over haven't realized that the bridge was closed.

Gheraldine Mancilla

The woman modelling was maked up that day.
The cars coming over in the Fifth Avenue.

Brian Axel Rodríguez

In the second 45, René told us that this structure with gerund is often used in written media. Can we use this structure with gerunds in the talking practice?

Brenda Rubidia Paz Alvarez

The woman who was driving the car was called Ana. The woman driving the car was called Ana.

Introduction

Estructuras Paralelas y Preguntas Negativas en Inglés B1 Intermedio

Grammar structures in the News and on TV

Estructuras Paralelas en Gramática de Noticias y Televisión

Omisión de Palabras en Estructuras Paralelas

Uso del Reported Speech en Inglés: Cambios en Tiempos Verbales

Análisis de un Discurso Histórico Importante

Oraciones de Relativo con Infinitivos en Inglés

Uso de Gerundios para Transformar Oraciones Relativas

Uso de Cláusulas Complementarias con Gerundios

Recommendations, Expectations, and Negative Questions

Uso de "Advise", "Recommend" y "Suggest" en Inglés

Uso de Preguntas Negativas en Inglés para Sorpresa y Sugerencias

Corrección de errores con "Thought" en inglés

Uso del Gerundio para Expresar Disgusto en Inglés

Práctica de conversación en inglés (contexto profesional)

Adverbs and Prepositions

Uso de "So" y "Therefore" en Causa y Efecto

Uso de "So" como Sustituto en Inglés

Uso de "Beforehand" y "Afterwards" en Frases Temporales

Uso correcto de "between" y "among" en inglés

Uso del adjetivo y adverbio "only" en inglés

Estructura "For + Sustantivo/Pronombre + Infinitivo" en Inglés

Cuidados de la Voz para Músicos Emergentes

See you next time!

Técnicas Avanzadas de Escritura Formal en Español

Uso de Gerundios para Transformar Oraciones Relativas

Progreso del curso

Introduction

Grammar structures in the News and on TV

Recommendations, Expectations, and Negative Questions

Adverbs and Prepositions

See you next time!

Recursos

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