Question

The rumour that our headmaster is leaving school is true. The underlined clause is a noun clause functioning as (A) an expression in apposition to a pronoun • (B) an expression in apposition to a noun phrase (C) the subject of a sentence a (D) an object of a transitive verb​

Answer 1

The answer to the given question is written below.

• The first option which is '(A) an expression in apposition to a pronoun' is correct as it is expressing the pronoun.
• The second option which is '(B) an expression in apposition to a noun phrase' is incorrect as it is not expressing the pronoun.
• The third option which is 'C) the subject of a sentence ' is incorrect as it is not expressing the pronoun.

• The fourth option which is '(D) an object of a transitive verb​' is incorrect as it is not expressing the pronoun.