Identify the kind of the underlined clause in the following sentence:
Dadi still talks about the summer when the well in our courtyard went completely dry.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Adjective clause
The clause comes right after “the summer” and tells which summer. “When” can be changed to “in which”.
| Clause | What it does | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Adverb clause | an adverb clause of time tells when the main action happens, and no noun of time comes just before it | We left when the rain stopped. |
| (2) Adjective clause (answer) | describes a noun that comes just before it; after a noun of time like day, year or summer, it may begin with when | Nani often talks about the year when we got our first television. |
| (3) Noun clause | is the subject or object of a verb or the object of a preposition; here the object of “about” is the noun “the summer” | Nobody knows when the shop will reopen. |
| (4) Principal clause | the main clause; it makes full sense on its own | Dadi made pickles after the mangoes ripened. |