Which of the underlined groups of words are clauses and not phrases?
(A) We waited on the platform till the train arrived.
(B) Since last Monday, the water tanker has not come to our colony.
(C) Priya is saving her pocket money to buy a new cycle.
(D) The vendor who sells sugarcane juice has moved to the next street.
(E) I think the stationery shop is closed today.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A), (D) and (E) only
(A) We waited on the platform till the train arrived. — Correct.
- “Till the train arrived” has its own subject (“the train”) and verb (“arrived”). So it is a clause.
(B) Since last Monday, the water tanker has not come to our colony. — Incorrect.
- “Since last Monday” has no verb. It is a phrase.
(C) Priya is saving her pocket money to buy a new cycle. — Incorrect.
- “To buy a new cycle” has no subject of its own, and “to buy” does not show tense. It is a phrase.
(D) The vendor who sells sugarcane juice has moved to the next street. — Correct.
- “Who sells sugarcane juice” has its own subject (“who”) and verb (“sells”). It is an adjective clause that describes “the vendor”.
(E) I think the stationery shop is closed today. — Correct.
- “The stationery shop is closed today” has its own subject and verb (“is closed”). It is a noun clause, the object of “think”, with the joining word “that” left out.