curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/learn-about-adverbial-phrases/680aed4029393c55cbe8ee26.md
Listen to the audio and answer the question below.
What does Riker think about the extra amount they spent?
He thinks 5% is too high and a serious issue.
Riker doesn't view it as a big problem.
He's unsure if the team noticed the overspending.
Riker doesn't mention whether others noticed. He just shares his own opinion.
He wants to ask for more money next time.
There's no suggestion that Riker is planning to increase the budget. He's commenting on the current overspend.
He believes the extra amount is acceptable.
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Which is used to introduce a non-defining relative clause - a sentence that gives more information about the whole idea before it. It adds extra detail, but it's not essential to the main meaning of the sentence. For example:
She missed the deadline, which surprised everyone. – The clause adds extra information about how people reacted to her missing the deadline (the part that mattered most in the sentence).
In the context, Riker uses which to state his opinion about the extra expenditure, an extra piece of information in relation to the amount over budget - what Maria really asked about.
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