Question

Identify the type of subordinate clause in the following sentence:
I want to know how far it is from here.
a) Adjective Clause
b) Adverb Clause
c) Noun Clause
d) Preposition Clause

Answer 1

Hint: A subordinate clause refers to a group of words that do not have the ability to stand alone as a sentence as they do not express a complete meaning. There are three types of subordinate clauses- Adjective, adverb, and noun.

Complete answer:
In order to understand the question, let us first understand the concept of clauses. It refers to the part of a sentence that contains a verb.
There are two types of clauses- A principal clause can exist as a sentence, independently. A subordinate clause cannot exist independently and depends on the principal clause, to form a sentence.
In the given sentence, ‘how far it is from here’ is the subordinate clause.
Let us take a look at the given options.
The adjective clause adds information to the noun or pronoun in the sentence and starts with words like ‘that, who, which, whose or whom’. The adverb clause modifies the verb in terms of ‘time, cause and effect, frequency, and intensity’. Hence, the options ‘A’ and ‘B’ are incorrect as they do not match the given clause.
Option ‘D’, is incorrect as the preposition clause is not a type of clause.
Hence, the correct answer is option ‘C’, a noun clause. It acts as the noun in the sentence and starts with the word ‘how’, which is commonly used.

Note:
Keep in mind, a noun clause will always act like a noun in a sentence. A noun clause can be used in multiple ways; as a subject, object, object of a preposition, etc.