Objective: To produce appositives and adjective phrases from adjective clauses

Directions:

1. Reduce the adjective clause in each sentence into an appositive phrase and/or an adjective phrase.
2. Re-write the derived sentences into a paragraph.

I. The Rocket Festival

1. The rocket festival, which is known in Thai as ‘Bun Bang Fai, is an ancient local festival that has been carried out continuously till modern times.
2. It is popularly celebrated in Yasothon, which is a province in Thailand’s northeast, and is usually held in the second week of May.

The rocket festival, (known in Thai as) ‘Bun Bang Fai’, is an ancient local festival that has been carried out continuously till modern times. It is popularly celebrated in Yasothon, a province in Thailand’s northeast, and is usually held in the second week of May.

II. The Rayong Fruit Festival

1. The Rayong Fruit Festival runs around April-May each year.
2. It is held to celebrate the fruit being in season.
3. The festival is bristling with tourists who come to see the event and sample the many varieties of fruit.
4. During this festival there is a contest for the best decorated float, as they paraded through the streets which are decorated in the various fruit from the area.
5. There is also a beauty contest, a fruit eating contest and merchandise which is on display with plenty of fruit for sale in the area.