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Read the sentences given below.

• I sing because I like singing.
• As I love the rainy season, I like coming to Goa in July.

• I am glad that you have come.

Remember

¾ In an adverb clause of reason, the conjunction that is often omitted.
Read the sentences given below.

• I am glad you like it. OR • I am glad that you like it.
¾ As and since are used when the reason is already known to the listener.

¾ Because is used to give information which isn’t already known to the reader or to the listener.

The adverb clause that tells us about the degree or extent of an action, quality or manner is
called the adverb clause of comparison. An adverb clause of comparison usually starts with as…
as, so…as or than. It answers the question—how much or how many.

Read the sentences given below.
• He is not so intelligent as his brother.

• His wife is much younger than he is.

• He is as smart as he is tall.
Adjective Clause

The clause that modifies a noun and functions as an adjective is called the adjective clause.
It contains a subject and a predicate of its own. It usually begins with a relative pronoun which,
that, who, whom or whose. It can also begin with a relative adverb where, when or why.

Read the sentences given below.
• The carpets which you bought last year have gone moldy.

• Students who are lazy can never do well.
• The book which is written by Dickens tells the story of Oliver.

• The bottle that is on the chair belongs to Marvin.
Here, all the highlighted groups of words are adjective clauses that modify nouns.

Test Yourself

II . Underline the noun clauses in the sentences given below and write whether they are
subject, object of the verb or object of the preposition in the space provided.
1. She knows what my name is. _______________

2. You need not tell me how I should take care of my things. _______________

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