The woman "who won the cookie competition" is my mother.
A. subordinate clause
B. adjective clause
C. independent clause
D. adverbial clause
B
I was in a hurry so I ate "a cold bowl of cereal" as I walked out the door.
A. misplaced modifier
B. noun clause
C. simple sentence
D. adjectival clause
A
The wonderful thing about this a capella group is "that they all sing harmony so well".
A. noun clause
B. compound sentence
C. adverbial clause
D. misplaced modifier
A
1 and 3 are correct.
None of the choices for 2 is correct.
The sentence for the second one should be, "I was in a hurry so I ate 'a cold bowl of cereal' as I was walking out the door. I don't know if that change makes a real difference, if it does.
But wouldn't it be a misplaced modifier, since it appears like the person ate a cold bowl as he walked out? I thought it should be "a bowl of cold cereal".
That's the only thing that makes sense, I guess. The other choices are certainly incorrect!!
Thank you!
You're very welcome!
That's correct!
In the first example, "who won the cookie competition" is an adjective clause because it modifies the noun "woman" and provides additional information about her. To identify an adjective clause, you can ask yourself whether the clause modifies a noun or a pronoun.
In the second example, "a cold bowl of cereal" is a misplaced modifier. A misplaced modifier is a word, phrase, or clause that is improperly separated from the word it modifies, causing confusion or ambiguity. In this case, the modifier "a cold bowl of cereal" is meant to describe what the speaker ate, but it is not placed close enough to the word it modifies, creating confusion.
In the third example, "that they all sing harmony so well" is a noun clause. It functions as the subject of the sentence and replaces a noun. To identify a noun clause, you can look for a clause that functions as a subject, object, or complement in a sentence.