Complete the sentence with the appropriate adjective clause:
Our housing society has hired a new night guard ______.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → who used to be a soldier in the Assam Rifles
An adjective is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun, for example a tall tree, the food is tasty.
Complete sentence: Our housing society has hired a new night guard who used to be a soldier in the Assam Rifles. The clause describes “a new night guard”, who is a person. The relative word is also the subject of “used to be”.
| Option | What it tells | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) whom used to be a soldier in the Assam Rifles | the object form; it cannot be the subject of the verb “used to be” | The boy whom we met at the bus stop is Asha’s cousin. |
| (2) which used to be a soldier in the Assam Rifles | used for animals and things, not for people | The bicycle which I got last year has a flat tyre. |
| (3) whose used to be a soldier in the Assam Rifles | shows that something belongs to someone; it needs a noun after it, as in “whose son” | That is the boy whose cap fell into the well. |
| (4) who used to be a soldier in the Assam Rifles (answer) | a person in the subject place of the adjective clause | The lady who runs the school canteen makes great samosas. |