Question

In the sentence "The place where he was staying was originally a guest house of the tea estate', the underlined word serves the grammatical function of a ............................

• A. Relative adverb introducing an adjective clause
• B. Preposition introducing a prepositional phrase
• C. Adverb modifying the verb
• D. Conjunction introducing a noun clause

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Relative adverb introducing an adjective clause

• “Where” is a relative adverb (one of the usual ones: where, when, why) because it refers to place.

• It introduces an adjective (relative) clause: “where he was staying” — this clause modifies “place,” giving more information about it.