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Identify the word which the italicized adjective clause modifies.

My most unusual uncle is the man (whose portrait hangs) on the wall.

uncle

man

portrait

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This adjective clause, 'whose portrait hangs' refers to, or modifies 'man'.

The correct answer is man. Adjective clauses are relative clauses that come immediately after the noun they modify and are introduced by a relative pronoun (that, which, who, whose, etc.) which connects the clause to the noun being described. In the example, the adjective clause whose portrait hangs comes after the noun man; consequently, it modifies the word man.

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