Question

Complete the sentence with the most suitable option:
They refused to be reasonable about the delay, __________.
a) The rain was late
b) That caused a lot of trouble
 c) Which made me angry
d) Whose passengers were tourists

Answer 1

Hint: A phrase is an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence. For example - ‘she used to’ is a phrase in the sentence ‘They said that she used to sing before her accident.’

Complete answer:
In the given question, we have to find out which of the options includes a phrase that logically follows the first part of the sentence. The phrase should be a dependent clause.
Let us thus analyze the options given to us in this question -
Option (a.), 'the rain was late', is incorrect as it gives the cause of the delay, however, it does not have a conjugation to join the two parts of the sentence.
Option (b.), ‘that caused a lot of trouble', is incorrect as this is an independent clause.
Option (c.), ‘which made me angry', is correct as it is a dependent clause that expresses the speaker’s emotion to them refusing to be reasonable.
Option (d.), ‘whose passengers were tourists', is incorrect as it is not relevant to the context.

Note:
In this question, it will be helpful for the student to recall the concept of a logical sequence. A logical sequence includes a sequence marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of the parts of a sentence, or sentences themselves. To establish a logical sequence, logical reasoning is required. Logical reasoning includes thinking that is capable of or reflecting the capability for correct and valid reasoning.