Identify the Adjective Clause in the following sentence:
People who eat too much die early.
Choose the correct option :
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → who eat too much
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, as an adjective does.
- It has its own subject and verb, and usually begins with a relative pronoun: who, whom, whose, which, that.
- This sentence: "who eat too much" describes the noun "people": it tells which people die early. It begins with "who" and has its own verb "eat".
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: people who — Incorrect. "People" is the noun being described, and "who" alone is not a clause. There is no verb.
Option 3: people die early — Incorrect. This is the main clause of the sentence, not the clause that describes a noun.
Option 4: die early — Incorrect. It is the verb part of the main clause (predicate), with no subject of its own.