Question

Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

Now if there was one thing that the animals were completely certain of, it was that they did not want Jones back.

Which of the following defines the underlined portion of this excerpt from Orwell's Animal Farm? Select all that apply.

adjectival clause
adverbial clause
dependent clause
independent clause

Answer 1

where is the underlined portion?

Answer 2

The answers are B: Adverbial clause and C: dependent clause.

A group of words that has the role of an adverb is called Adverbial clause. The sentence "Now if there was one thing that the animals were completely certain of" equals to: Certainly (adverb); or Completely certain (adverb modifying an adjective) and it is both an adverbial clause and a dependent clause (one tha cannot stand by itself).