Choose the correct sentence with an Adjective Clause.

The correct answer is Option (1) → He tells a tale that sounds untrue.

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 (relative clause) describes a noun or pronoun, just as an adjective does.
• It usually begins with a relative word: who, whom, whose, which, that, where, when, and comes right after the noun it describes.
• This sentence: "that sounds untrue" describes the noun "tale": it tells us what kind of tale. So it is an adjective clause.

Why the Other Options are Incorrect?

Option 2: They fought as heroes do. — Incorrect. "As heroes do" tells how they fought, so it modifies the verb "fought": an adverb clause of manner.

Option 3: I fear that I shall fall. — Incorrect. "That I shall fall" is the object of the verb "fear" (I fear what? that I shall fall): a noun clause.

Option 4: I can run faster than you. — Incorrect. "Than you (can run)" makes a comparison with "faster": an adverb clause of comparison, with the verb understood.

Contrast: an adjective clause describes a noun (a tale that sounds untrue). A noun clause does the work of a noun (I fear that I shall fall).