Finish your homework while the sun is still up.
Here "while the sun is still up" is -
A
Adverbial clause
B
Adjective clause
C
None of these
D
Noun clause
উত্তরের বিবরণ
Sentence:
Finish your homework while the sun is still up.
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Underlined clause: while the sun is still up → Adverbial Clause
Explanation:
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Adverbial Clause = Subordinate clause যা verb বা বাক্যের অন্য অংশ modify করে।
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এখানে while the sun is still up বলে কখন কাজটি করা উচিত (time)।
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Adverbial Clauses সাধারণত প্রকাশ করে: time, place, cause, effect, purpose, manner, condition, degree, result।
Examples:
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He stayed calm while everyone else was panicking.
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Please stay quiet while the teacher is speaking.
Quick Tip:
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Adverbial Clause = clause that answers when, where, why, how, under what condition regarding the verb.
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I will call you when I reach home. The underlined part is an example of -
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A
Noun clause
B
Adjective clause
C
Adverb clause
D
Principal clause
• I will call you when I reach home.
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Underlined part: when I reach home
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Type: Adverb clause (of time)
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Explanation:
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এখানে when I reach home কাজটি (call) কখন ঘটবে তা নির্দেশ করছে।
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যেহেতু এটি verb (call) কে modify করছে এবং সময় নির্দেশ করছে, তাই এটি adverbial clause of time।
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Adverbial Clause:
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একটি subordinate clause যা বাক্যে adverb-এর মতো কাজ করে।
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এটি verb, adjective, বা অন্য adverbial clause কে modify করে।
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সাধারণত time, place, cause, effect, purpose, manner ইত্যাদি প্রকাশ করে।
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As soon as the bell rings, everyone leaves the coartroom. Here, the underlined clause is a/ an -
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A
Noun Clause
B
Prepositional Clause
C
Adjective Clause
D
Adverbial Clause
Sentence:
As soon as the bell rings, everyone leaves the courtroom.
উল্লিখিত অংশ, "As soon as the bell rings," হলো Adverbial Clause।
ব্যাখ্যা: এখানে এটি নির্দেশ করছে কখন everyone leaves the courtroom → অর্থাৎ এটি time/adverbial clause।
Adverbial Clause:
যে subordinate clause বাক্যে adverb-এর মতো কাজ করে এবং verb, adjective clause, বা অন্য adverbial clause কে modify করে, তাকে Adverbial Clause বলে।
Adverbial clause সাধারণত সময়, স্থান, কারণ, উদ্দেশ্য, ফলাফল, ধরন ইত্যাদি প্রকাশ করে।
Adverbial Clause of Time:
এটি মূল বাক্যের (Principal Clause) কাজ সম্পন্ন হওয়ার সময়কে নির্দেশ করে।
Conjunctions of time দিয়ে শুরু হয়, যেমন:
As soon as, Before, After, Hardly…when, No sooner…than, Since, The sooner ইত্যাদি।
বাক্যের শুরুতে যদি Conjunction বসে, তখন কমা পর্যন্ত অংশটিকে Adverbial Clause ধরা হয় এবং বাকিরা মূল বাক্য (Principal Clause) হিসেবে থাকে।
Example:
As soon as the bell rings, students leave the classroom.
(বাংলা: ঘণ্টা বাজার সাথে সাথেই শিক্ষার্থীরা ক্লাসরুম ছেড়ে চলে যায়।)
Source:
Advanced Learner's Communicative English Grammar & Composition by Chowdhury & Hossain
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Which of the underlined parts in the following sentences is not an adverbial clause?
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A
I went home because I was tired.
B
He works hard so that he can succeed.
C
Whether they will come is still uncertain.
D
He runs as fast as he can.
Correct Answer:
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Whether they will come is still uncertain. ✅
Explanation:
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The underlined part (Whether they will come) is a Noun Clause.
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Noun Clause acts as the subject of the sentence here.
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It often begins with That, What, When, Why, Whether, How when functioning as a subject.
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Structure: Noun Clause + Be verb + Principal Clause
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Example: Whether they will come (Noun Clause) + is (Be verb) + still uncertain (Principal Clause).
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Other Options:
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I went home because I was tired.
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because I was tired → Adverbial Clause of Reason
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Answers the question: “Why did I go home?”
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He works hard so that he can succeed.
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so that he can succeed → Adverbial Clause of Purpose
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Answers the question: “Why does he work hard?”
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He runs as fast as he can.
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as fast as he can → Adverbial Clause of Degree
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Answers the question: “How does he run?”
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Note:
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Adverbial clauses generally answer where, when, how, why questions, while Noun clauses often act as subject, object, or complement in a sentence.
Source:
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A Passage To The English Language, S. M. Zakir Hussain
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Advanced Learner's Communicative English Grammar & Composition, Chowdhury & Hossain
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