Which of the following sentences contain an adverb clause?
(A) Mohit stayed back in the library until the lights went off.
(B) The day when we shifted to Pune was the hottest of the year.
(C) Since the generator had failed, the wedding guests ate by candlelight.
(D) Before the morning assembly, the class monitor collected the fees.
(E) The coach did not say why the practice was cancelled.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A) and (C) only
(A) Mohit stayed back in the library until the lights went off. — Correct.
- “Until the lights went off” tells how long Mohit stayed. It is an adverb clause of time.
(B) The day when we shifted to Pune was the hottest of the year. — Incorrect.
- “When we shifted to Pune” comes right after the noun “day” and tells which day. It is an adjective clause.
(C) Since the generator had failed, the wedding guests ate by candlelight. — Correct.
- “Since the generator had failed” tells why the guests ate by candlelight. It is an adverb clause of reason.
(D) Before the morning assembly, the class monitor collected the fees. — Incorrect.
- “Before the morning assembly” has no subject and verb of its own. It is a phrase, not a clause.
(E) The coach did not say why the practice was cancelled. — Incorrect.
- “Why the practice was cancelled” is the object of “did not say”. It is a noun clause.