Read Part 1 of the article. What happened to the spaceship? Rewrite the underlined participle or infinitive clauses as relative clauses.
... which was launched from Florida on 11 April 1970.
PART 1
Apollo 13, launched from Florida on 11 April 1970, was the third Apollo mission to land on the moon. The three astronauts chosen for the mission were James Lovell, Fred Haise and John Swigert. The launch, watched by millions on TV, went smoothly and for the first two days in space, everything went well. The
crew gave a 49-minute TV interview explaining how they lived and worked in zero gravity. However, nine minutes after the interview finished, a tank containing oxygen exploded and John Swigert, noticing a red warning light, said the famous words: 'Houston, we've had a problem here. They checked all their equipment and realised that they were running out of water, power and oxygen-hard and fast. They were in a damaged spaceship floating 320,000 kilometres from Earth.
LEARN THIS! Participle and infinitive clauses a We use participle or infinitive clauses to give more information about a noun. You can think of them as shortened relative clauses. b Participle clauses can begin with a present participle (-ing form). The participle replaces an active verb of any tense, including stative verbs. I saw a man wearing (= who was wearing) a space suit. c Participle clauses can also begin with a past participle. The participle replaces a passive verb of any tense. We lived in a large house, built (=which had been built) in the 17th century. d Infinitive clauses begin with an infinitive which replaces an active or passive verb. Mark became the first teenage runner to finish (= who finished) the city marathon. I still have a few jobs to do (= that have to be done) this afternoon. |
chosen for the mission
=> who were chosen for the mission
(người được chọn cho nhiệm vụ)
watched by millions on TV
=> which was watched by millions on TV
(được hàng triệu người xem trên TV)
explaining how they lived and worked in zero gravity
=> which explained how they lived and worked in zero gravity
(giải thích cách họ sống và làm việc trong môi trường không trọng lực)
noticing a red warning light
=> who noticed a red warning light
(người mà nhận thấy đèn cảnh báo màu đỏ)
floating 320,000 kilometres from Earth.
=> which was floating 320,000 kilometers from Earth
(đang trôi nổi cách Trái đất 320.000 km)