Question

I don't know where the snow came from for there were stars out.

The underlined words in this excerpt are an example of _____.

a noun clause
a relative clause
an adverbial clause
a prepositional clause

Answer 1

The answer is indeed letter C) adverbial clause.

Step-by-step explanation:

An adverbial clause is a dependent clause that functions as an adverb, modifying a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. It provides information that would answer one of these questions: when? where? why? how? how much? under what condition?

When the adverbial clause answers the question "why", it is called an adverbial clause of reason. It commonly begins with "since" or "because". In the sentence we are studying here, it begins with "for", which is, in this case, interchangeable with the others:

- I don't know where the snow came from for there were stars out.

- I don't know where the snow came from because there were stars out.

As we can see, "for there were stars out" explains the reason why the speaker didn't know where the snow came from.

Answer 2

Answer: The underlined words ("for there were starts out") in this excerpt are an example of an adverbial clause.

Step-by-step explanation: An adverbial clause is a dependent clause, that is to say it is a clause that cannot stand alone as a sentence, and it functions as an adverb. Moreover, an adverb clause can be included at the beginning, at the middle or at the end of a sentence and it is always introduced by a subordinating conjunction. "For there were starts out" is an adverbial clause because it cannot stand by itself in the sentence and it has been introduced by the subordinating conjunction "for". Moreover, it is an adverbial clause of reason since it is making reference to a cause.