Question

Read the sentence. Henry VIII was a king whose many wives fared badly. The bolded words are what kind of clause? noun clause adverb clause adjective clause

Answer 1

The words in the parenthesis ( whose many wives fared badly) is an adjective clause. The correct answer is actually D, adjective clause.

Answer 2

Answer: C) Adjective clause.

Step-by-step explanation: An adjective is a word or a group of words that modifies a noun or a pronoun, by giving them some attribute. An adjective clause is a dependent clause that acts like an adjective, they start with words such as that, when, where, who, whom, whose, which, and why. In the given sentence, the phrase "whose many wives fared badly" is an adjective clause that modifies the noun "king."