Question

Change the underlined phrase into a clause in the sentence given below:
While having my green tea, I felt energized.
A) NO CHANGE
B) While I had my green tea
C) Therefore, I had my green tea
D) Because having had my green tea

Answer 1

Hint: A word or phrase that modifies a noun, adjective, another adverb, determiner, clause, preposition, or sentence is referred to as an adverb. Adverbs are used to express things like how? when?, where?, and to what extent? Adverbs are used to express things like manner, location, time, frequency, degree, level of certainty, and so on.

Complete answer:
Adverb clause –
- In a sentence, an adverb clause is a set of words that function as an adverb. Verbs, adverbs, and adjectives may all be modified or defined by the clause. Adverb clauses, in general, provide additional information about where, where, why, how, how much, or under what circumstances the action in the sentence occurs.
- An adverb clause is a collection of words that includes a subject and a verb and serves as an adverb by altering an adjective, verb, or adverb. A subordinate conjunction normally precedes an adverb clause (since, because, while, etc.)
- The topic is usually inserted and the present participle (verb + ing) is transformed into a verb when extending an adverb word to a sentence. (If an auxiliary/helping verb is required, it is included.)
-A subordinating conjunction starts an adverb clause.

Let us look into the given options:
Option A) NO CHANGE : The words underlined form a phrase with no topic. As a result, the sentence must be changed, and option A is incorrect.
Option B) While I had my green tea: The verb "had" replaces the present participle, and the subject "I" is added. Hence, this option is correct.
Option C) Therefore, I had my green tea : It's a coordinate clause, as opposed to a subordinate adverb clause. Hence, this option is incorrect.
Option D) Because having had my green tea : Option D is incorrect because "because" is a justification adverb, while the adverb in this case refers to time.

Additional information:
a) Independent clause - Any sentence structure relies on independent clauses. An independent clause contains a subject and a predicate and functions as a full sentence on its own.
b) Dependent (Subordinate) Clause –Three of the four sentence structures contain a dependent clause (compound, complex, and compound-complex). It includes both a subject and a predicate, but it is not a sentence. It adds extra information to the independent clause that wouldn't make sense on its own.


Therefore, Option B. While I had my green tea is the correct answer because it has changed the underlined phrase into a clause.

Note: When an adverb clause appears at the start of a sentence, it is considered an introductory clause and requires a comma to separate it from the independent clause. The conjunction is enough to hold the two clauses together if the adverb clause comes after the independent clause. Modifying verb adverb clauses will shift throughout the sentence.