Question

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. From now on, when anyone in our ranks who has done some useful work dies, be he soldier or cook, we should have a funeral ceremony and a memorial meeting in his honor. The underlined dependent clause in the sentences above acts as _____.

Answer 1

The only dependent clause in the passage: who has done some useful work dies.

ANSWER: The underlined dependent clause in the sentences above acts as adjective clause.

An adjective clause always follows the person, place, thing or situation they describe, begins with a relative pronoun (which, that, who, whom, whose), a relative adverb (where, when, why), or a zero relative and has a verb.

In this case, the dependent clause acts as an adjective clause because it describes the noun in the sentence "Anyone in our ranks", the clause is essential to tell who "anyone in our rank" is. It also begins with a relative pronoun ("who") and has a verb ("is").