Identify the kind of the underlined clause in the following sentence:
Dadi often talks about the summer when the well behind her house dried up.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Adjective clause
An adjective is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun, for example a tall tree, the food is tasty.
The clause comes right after the noun “summer” and tells which summer Dadi talks about, even though it begins with “when”.
| Option | What it tells | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Noun clause | works as the subject or object of a verb | Nobody knows when the shop will open. |
| (2) Adverb clause | tells when, where, why or how an action happens; it goes with a verb, not with a noun just before it | We went home when the rain stopped. |
| (3) Principal clause | the main clause; it makes full sense on its own | Ravi missed the bus because he woke up late. |
| (4) Adjective clause (answer) | a group of words with its own subject and verb that describes a noun just before it | Monday was the day when the new teacher joined our school. |