Read the sentences below carefully and identify the nature of phrase/clause used in the underlined section of the sentences.
He failed in spite of his best efforts
Explanation:
An adverb clause like an adverb modifies a verb, adjective clause or other adverb clause in a sentence. It modifies (describes) the situation in main clause in terms of “time, frequency (how often), cause and effect, contrast, condition, intensity (to what extent).” In this question the underlined part is answering what happened in spite of his best efforts i.e. ‘he failed’. Hence the underlined part is an adverb phrase. Hence, the correct answer is option 2.
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