Choose the sentence in which the Adjective clause has been correctly used.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → The coffee maker that I bought for my wife is expensive.
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 describes a noun, as an adjective does.
- It begins with a relative word: who, whom, whose, which or that.
- This sentence: "that I bought for my wife" has its own subject (I) and verb (bought) and describes the coffee maker.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: I bought an expensive coffee maker for my wife. — Incorrect. "Expensive" is a single adjective, not a clause. The sentence has only one clause.
Option 3: An expensive coffee maker was bought by me for my wife. — Incorrect. This is the same simple sentence in the passive voice. It has no adjective clause.
Option 4: My wife was gifted an expensive coffee maker by me. — Incorrect. This is another passive simple sentence. Again only the adjective "expensive" describes the noun.
Contrast: an adjective clause has its own subject and verb (that I bought). A single adjective (expensive) does not.