Question

a) Her grandmother, who is ninety, is active. (Pick out the adjective clause)​

Answer 1

An adjective clause is a group of words that contain a subject and a verb, and it functions as an adjective that modifies a noun or a pronoun. Adjective clauses usually begin with relative pronouns such as who, whom, whose or a relative adverb like when, where and so on.

A defining adjective clause gives essential information about the noun/pronoun that it modifies, without which the meaning of the sentence is incomplete.

A non-defining adjective clause merely gives extra information about the noun/pronoun which isn't important to the sentence.

In the given statement, the adjective clause "who is wearing a pretty frock" is defining as it specifies which 'lady'.

Answer 2

The answer to the given question is written below.

• A sentence is provided to us in the given question.
• We are required to identify the adjective clause in the given sentence.
• Upon analysis, it can be concluded that the adjective clause will be 'who is ninety'.
• Adjective clause is a dependent clause describing the noun of the sentence.
• Thus, the correct answer will be 'who is ninety'.