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31. The president was taken ill, and, as a result the meeting was cancelled.
A. The object clause
B. The attributive clause
C. The adverbial clause
D. Noun clause
ANSWER:C
SOLUTION :An adverbial clause is a dependent clause that functions as an adverb in a sentence. It modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb by answering how, where, when, or why of a sentence. For example, in the sentence “We will travel to where we always travel in summers,” “where we always travel in summers” is an adverbial clause that addresses a place.
32. They arrived before the game had ended.
A. Noun clause
B. Adjective clause
C. Adverb clause
D. None of these
ANSWER:C
SOLUTION: They arrived before the game had ended adverb clause. A noun clause is a dependent clause that can be used in the same way as a noun.
33. My brother plays cricket a lot. The sentence is :
A. Simple
B. Compound
C. Complex
D. Compound Complex
ANSWER:A
SOLUTION:
A sentence that consists of the clause is called a simple sentence.
34. As he was sharp and intelligent, he became the director of the company. The sentence is :
A. Simple
B. Compound
C. Complex
D. Compound Complex
ANSWER:C
SOLUTION: A complex sentence is made up of a main clause and a subordinate clause connected to each other with a subordinating conjunction.
35. She is strange! She doesn’t like this position , yet she took the charge. The sentence is :
A. Simple
B. Compound
C. Complex
D. Compound Complex
ANSWER:B
SOLUTION:Compound sentences are made up of at least two independent clauses expressing closely related ideas of equal or similar importance that are joined using a comma and a conjunction or a just a semicolon.
36. Do you know Where the boss will be? The underlined part is a/ an.
A. Adverb clause
B. Adjective clause
C. Noun clause
D. Relative clause
ANSWER:C
SOLUTION : A noun clause that takes the place of any noun in the sentence, whether they are subjects,objects, or subject complements.
37. The book that is on the desk belongs to jim. The underlined part is a /an .
A. Noun Clause
B. Adjective Clause
C. Adverb Clause
D. Relative Clause
ANSWER:B
SOLUTION:
An adjective clause, also known as an adjectival clause or relative clause, is a dependent clause that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun.
38. That you should cheat me , hurts me.
A. Adverb Clause
B. Adjective Clause
C. Noun Clause
D. Principle Clause
ANSWER:C
SOLUTION:
‘That you should cheat me’ is the noun clause which is the subject of the sentence. It, therefore, does the work of a Noun.
39. I don’t know why he so hostile to me.
A. Adverb Clause
B. Noun Clause
C. Adjective Clause
D. None of the above
ANSWER:A
SOLUTION:An adverb clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb, but it cannot stand alone as a sentence. It functions as an adverb in a sentence. In the sentence “I don’t know why he is so hostile to me,” the clause “why he is so hostile to me” is an adverb clause. It modifies the verb “is.”
40. Listen to What your parents says.
A. Adverb Clause
B. Adjective Clause
C. Noun Clause
D. Principal Clause
ANSWER:C
SOLUTION:
A noun clause is a group of words that acts as a noun in a sentence. It can be the subject, the object of a verb, or the object of a preposition. In the sentence “Listen to what your parents says,” the noun clause is “what your parents says.” It is the object of the verb “listen.”