Combine the following sentences into one sentence using an adjective clause:
I still remember the evening. The first monsoon rain flooded our street on that evening.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → I still remember the evening when the first monsoon rain flooded our street.
Adjective clause after a noun of time:
- After a noun of time such as day, evening or year, an adjective clause can begin with when. Here “when” means “on which”.
- “When” takes the place of “on that evening” in the second sentence. The clause comes right after “the evening” and tells which evening.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: I still remember the evening when the first monsoon rain flooded our street on that evening. — Incorrect. “When” already stands for “on that evening”. Keeping “on that evening” says the same thing twice.
Option 3: I still remember the evening which the first monsoon rain flooded our street. — Incorrect. The rain did not flood “the evening”. It flooded the street on the evening, so “which” needs “on” before it: “on which”.
Option 4: I still remember the evening when did the first monsoon rain flood our street. — Incorrect. The option says “when did the first monsoon rain flood”. This is question order. Inside a clause, the words stay in statement order: “when the first monsoon rain flooded”.