Question

Read the sentence. The Palau Islands are located in the North Pacific Ocean, where old coral reefs rose above the sea. Which is the adverb clause? rose above the sea where old coral reefs rose above the sea are located in the North Pacific Ocean in the North Pacific Ocean

Answer 1

The Adverb clause is, Where old coral reefs rose above the sea.

Answer 2

The adverb clause in the sentence is "where old coral reefs rose above the sea". Adverb clauses are subordinate clauses that modify other adverbs, adjectives or verbs in a sentence.

In this case, the adverb clause is modifying the adverb phrase "North Pacific Ocean".

Adverb clauses are introduced by subordinating conjunctions. In this case, the subordinating conjunction is "where".