Complete the sentence with the appropriate adjective clause:
On the drive to Nainital, we stopped for lunch at a dhaba ______.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → where the cook bakes rotis in a clay oven
An adjective is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun, for example a tall tree, the food is tasty.
Complete sentence: On the drive to Nainital, we stopped for lunch at a dhaba where the cook bakes rotis in a clay oven. The clause describes “a dhaba”, and a dhaba is a place. The clause tells us what kind of dhaba it was.
| Option | What it tells | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) who the cook bakes rotis in a clay oven | “who” stands for people; a dhaba is a place, not a person | The man who runs this dhaba is from Punjab. |
| (2) which the cook bakes rotis in a clay oven | “the cook” is already the subject of “bakes” and “rotis” is its object, so “which” has no job to do | The book which I borrowed is on the shelf. |
| (3) when the cook bakes rotis in a clay oven | “when” comes after a noun of time, such as day or year, not after a place | Summer is the season when mangoes are cheapest. |
| (4) where the cook bakes rotis in a clay oven (answer) | “where” begins an adjective clause, which has its own subject and verb, after a noun of place | This is the school where my father studied. |