Question

Identify the type of clause used in each sentence below as adjective, adverb, or noun.
•A temperature of 95 degrees, which was warm even for summer, could drop in only a few hours
to just above freezing.

Answer 1

Answer:

Adjective

Explanation:

You were given an example of a complex sentence - a sentence that consists of an independent clause and a dependent clause. The dependent clause is:

• ... which was warm even for summer...

This is a relative clause. Relative clauses always begin with relative pronouns, such as who, whom, whose, that, and which. These pronouns can be used instead of a noun, noun phrase, or pronoun.

Relative clauses are also often referred to as adjective clauses because they function as adjectives - they give more information about (modify) a noun, noun phrase, or pronoun. Here, the relative clause modifies the noun phrase a temperature of 95 degrees.

This is why the correct answer is adjective.