Question 17: Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. Question 7. The existence of such a center is expected to help ASEAN members facilitate assistance to any country ____ by a disaster.

Knowledge of reducing relative clauses

There are 3 ways to shorten relative clauses

+ Ving: when the verb in the relative clause has an active meaning.

Ex: The boy who sits next to you is my friend.

=> The boy sitting next to you is my friend.

+ VP2: when the verb in the relative clause has a passive meaning.

Ex: The bridge which was built in 1980 is 100 meters long.

=> The bridge built in 1980 is 100 meters long.

+ To V: When there are only words or ordinal numbers: first, second….

Ex: She is the last woman that comes to meeting.

=> She is the last woman to come to meeting.

– In the sentence: which was hit=> hit.

=> The existence of such a center is expected to help ASEAN members facilitate assistance to any country devastated by natural disasters.