EnglishGrammar: Formation of Sentence

Match the sentences in List I with the type of clause in List II List…

Match the sentences in List I with the type of clause in List II

List – I		List – II
(A)	My friend helped me when I was in trouble	(I)	Adjective clause
(B)	I have lost the tickets which I bought.	(II)	Noun clause
(C)	We knew that he was guilty.	(III)	Independent clause
(D)	I ate the pineapple and Ravi ate a banana.	(IV)	Adverb clause

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 2

The correct answer is Option (2) → A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III

List-I	List-II	Explanation	Example
(A) My friend helped me when I was in trouble	(IV) Adverb clause	An adverb clause works like an adverb: it tells when, where, why or how the action happens. "When I was in trouble" tells when my friend helped me.	We stayed indoors because it was raining.
(B) I have lost the tickets which I bought.	(I) Adjective clause	An adjective clause describes a noun and begins with a relative word such as who, which or that. "Which I bought" describes the tickets.	This is the boy who won the race.
(C) We knew that he was guilty.	(II) Noun clause	A noun clause does the work of a noun, often as the object of a verb. "That he was guilty" is what we knew, the object of "knew".	I believe that she is honest.
(D) I ate the pineapple and Ravi ate a banana.	(III) Independent clause	An independent clause can stand alone as a sentence. "I ate the pineapple" and "Ravi ate a banana" are two such clauses joined by and.	She sang and he played the drums.

Match the sentences in List I with the type of clause in List II

List – I		List – II
(A)	My friend helped me when I was in trouble	(I)	Adjective clause
(B)	I have lost the tickets which I bought.	(II)	Noun clause
(C)	We knew that he was guilty.	(III)	Independent clause
(D)	I ate the pineapple and Ravi ate a banana.	(IV)	Adverb clause

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 2

The correct answer is Option (2) → A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III

List-I	List-II	Explanation	Example
(A) My friend helped me when I was in trouble	(IV) Adverb clause	An adverb clause works like an adverb: it tells when, where, why or how the action happens. "When I was in trouble" tells when my friend helped me.	We stayed indoors because it was raining.
(B) I have lost the tickets which I bought.	(I) Adjective clause	An adjective clause describes a noun and begins with a relative word such as who, which or that. "Which I bought" describes the tickets.	This is the boy who won the race.
(C) We knew that he was guilty.	(II) Noun clause	A noun clause does the work of a noun, often as the object of a verb. "That he was guilty" is what we knew, the object of "knew".	I believe that she is honest.
(D) I ate the pineapple and Ravi ate a banana.	(III) Independent clause	An independent clause can stand alone as a sentence. "I ate the pineapple" and "Ravi ate a banana" are two such clauses joined by and.	She sang and he played the drums.