Question

Identify the relative clause in the following sentence.
A Lion is an animal which is very strong.
A. A lion
B. Which is very strong
C. Is an animal
D. A lion is an animal

Answer 1

Hint: Relative clause is basically a clause which starts with relative pronouns and they are often used to define a noun that precedes them.

Complete answer:
Option A) A lion is not a noun which precedes in the sentence. Hence, it is not the right option.

Option B) which is very strong, in this option the words describe the lion. Thus, which is very strong in the sentence is a relative clause.

Option C) is an animal, this option refers to the goal of the sentence, not a noun which precedes. Hence, this is not a relative clause.

Option D) a lion is an animal is also not a relative clause as even this defines the goal in the sentence not the noun which precedes a noun.

 Hence, the correct answers are Option ‘B’.

Note: The relative clause is a kind of dependent clause. It is also called as an adjective clause mostly it gives more information a noun and it begins with a relative pronoun and it is in noun phrase and pronoun phase when combined and most of the time the relative clauses are reduced as it modifies the subject of the sentence not the object of a sentence.