Identify the Adjective Clause in the given sentence.
A man who has industrious habits is sure to succeed.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → who has industrious habits
An adjective is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun, for example a tall tree, the food is tasty.
Adjective clause:
- An adjective clause is a group of words with its own subject and verb that does the work of an adjective: it describes a noun.
- It usually begins with a relative word: who, whom, whose, which, that, where, when.
- This sentence: "A man who has industrious habits is sure to succeed."
- The clause begins with who and has its own verb has.
- It qualifies the noun man, identifying which man is meant.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: industrious habits — Incorrect. It is a phrase (adjective + noun) with no verb, so it cannot be a clause.
Option 2: sure to succeed — Incorrect. It is part of the main clause "A man ... is sure to succeed" and has no subject of its own.
Option 4: A man — Incorrect. It is the subject of the sentence, the noun the clause describes.
Contrast: an adjective clause has its own subject and verb ("who has industrious habits"). A phrase such as "industrious habits" has no verb.