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Unilorin Post-UTME Use of English 2019 (Model questions) Question 5

Question 5

Cloze Passage
2019/2020 Passage I: adapted from Zora Neale Hurston, Mules and Men
The passage, as printed

The expression "which the soul lives by" as used in the passage is …………….

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

Answer: C (Relative clause)

Explanation

It begins with the relative pronoun 'which' and has its own verb ('lives'), and it describes 'that', so it is a relative (adjectival) clause.