Which of the following sentences contain an adjective clause?
(A) The farmer was worried because the canal had dried up early.
(B) The scooter that my uncle sold last month is still parked outside his gate.
(C) Nobody believed that the old well still had water.
(D) The nurse who gave Dadi her injection spoke softly in Marathi.
(E) Please wait here till the rain stops.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (B) and (D) only
(A) The farmer was worried because the canal had dried up early. — Incorrect.
- “Because the canal had dried up early” tells why the farmer was worried. It is an adverb clause of reason.
(B) The scooter that my uncle sold last month is still parked outside his gate. — Correct.
- “That my uncle sold last month” describes “the scooter” and tells which scooter. Here “that” can be changed to “which”, so it is an adjective clause.
(C) Nobody believed that the old well still had water. — Incorrect.
- “That the old well still had water” is the object of “believed”. It is a noun clause.
(D) The nurse who gave Dadi her injection spoke softly in Marathi. — Correct.
- “Who gave Dadi her injection” describes “the nurse” and tells which nurse. It is an adjective clause.
(E) Please wait here till the rain stops. — Incorrect.
- “Till the rain stops” tells how long to wait. It is an adverb clause of time.