Identify the subordinate clause in the sentence below, and tell if it is used as an adjective, adverb, or noun. the student who had not studied the lessons failed the test. subordinate clause: subordinate clause type:

The student who had not studied the lessons failed the test.

Subordinate clause: who had not studied the lessons

Subordinate clause type: adjective

Explanation:

A subordinate clause is a group of words containing a subject and a verb that does not express a complete thought on its own, and therefore it can not stand alone as a full sentence. They can act as adjectives, adverbs or nouns in a sentence.

When a subordinate clause acts as an adjective, it is placed right next to the noun it modifies, and it usually begins with a relative pronoun (who, whom, whose, that, or which) or a relative adverb (when, where, or why).

The clause "who had not studied the lessons" has all those characteristics: it is a subordinate clause because it does not express a complete thought on its own and it has a subject and a verb, and it is an adjective clause because it is placed beside a noun "the student", its function is to modify or adds further description to that noun, and it begins with the relative pronoun "who."