Multiple choice

Identify the part of the sentence in italics: People who regularly pay their taxes.

  1. Subject

  2. Predicate

  3. Clause

  4. Phrase

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C Correct answer
Explanation

'who regularly pay their taxes' is a dependent (relative) clause because it contains both a subject ('who') and a verb ('pay'). A phrase would lack one of these. This clause modifies 'People' but cannot stand alone as a complete sentence.