Question

Read the sentence.

The weather, which is very severe in the Arctic, does not drive away all plant and animal life.

Which group of words is the adjective clause in the sentence?


The weather

does not drive away

all plant and animal life

which is very severe in the Arctic

Answer 1

D, which is very severe in the Arctic

This is the adjective clause, because Severe is describing the arctic. Therefore, it’s a adjective, and the surrounding words would make it an adjective clause

Answer 2

Which is very severe in the Arctic

Step-by-step explanation:

Adjective clauses are clauses modifying, describing or giving more information about nouns. We can identify them because they are usually placed right next to the noun they describe, and beginning with a relative pronoun (who, whom, whose, that or which) or a relative adverb (when, where or why). In the sentence, “Which is very severe in the Arctic” is the adjective clause because it describes and gives us information about the noun “The weather.”