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Unilorin Post-UTME Use of English 2018 (Model questions) Question 5

Question 5

Cloze Passage
2018/2019 Passage I: adapted from Nguyen Duc Minh, "Fortune Tellers" (in American Eyes)
The passage, as printed

The expression "the beautiful face" as used in the passage is ……………..

  1. A.Nominal Group
  2. B.Adjectival clause
  3. C.Relative clause
  4. D.Adverbial phrase
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: A (Nominal Group)

Explanation

It is a group of words built around the noun 'face' (determiner + adjective + noun), so it is a nominal group (noun phrase).