Question

Fill in the blank with a suitable adjective clause:
The lady _________died of a heart attack.
a) lives there
b) who lives across the street
c) from the television show
d) none of the above

Answer 1

Hint: A phrase is an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence. A clause refers to (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate functioning as a part of a complex sentence.

Complete answer:
In the given question, we have to find out which of the options given to us contains a subject and a verb and also functions as an adjective that modifies the noun ‘lady’ (how an adjective clause behaves). It should also preferably start with a relative pronoun like who, whose, whom.
Let us thus analyze the options given to us in this question-
Option (a.), 'lives there', refers to a phrase that indicated that the lady lived in a certain known place. Therefore, option (a.) is incorrect as we need an adjective clause with a subject and a verb that modifies the noun ‘lady’.
Option (b.), ‘who lives across the street', refers to the subject ‘who’ (relative pronoun), the verb ‘lives’, and the modified noun ‘lady’. Therefore, option (b.) is correct as it is an adjective clause.
Option (c.), ‘from the television show', refers to a phrase that indicated that the lady starred in a certain television show. Therefore, option (c.) is incorrect as we need an adjective clause with a subject and a verb that modifies the noun ‘lady’.
Option (d.), ‘none of the above', is incorrect as option (b.) is correct.

Note:
 In this question, it will be helpful for the student to recall the concept of adjective clauses. An adjective clause also called a relative or adjectival clause is a type of dependent clause that works to describe a noun in a sentence.