Question

Determine whether the subordinate clause in the sentence below is an adjective clause, an adverb clause, or a noun clause.

My uncle is the one who bought me a puppy for my birthday.
a. noun clause
b. adjective clause
c. adverb clause

Answer 1

The answer is indeed b. adjective clause

Step-by-step explanation:

A dependent adjective clause is a group of words containing a subject and a verb. It offers further description or information - similar to what an adjective does - about something that was mentioned in another sentence. Adjective clauses are often introduced by relative pronouns such as who, which, or that.

In the sentence we are analyzing here, the clause "who bought me a puppy for my birthday" offers further information about "the one" - and "the one" refers to "my uncle".

Answer 2

b. Adjective clause

Step-by-step explanation:

The subordinate clause in this sentence is "who bought me a puppy for my birthday" and it functions as an adjective because it modifies the noun phrase "the one" (like adjectives and adjective phrases, adjective clauses describe or add information about a noun element in the sentence).