English-2
Grade-8
Easy
Question
Identify the dependent clauses from the following sentence.
The authorities took further action after Matt admitted the mistake.
- The authorities took further action
- After Matt admitted the mistake
- None of the above
Hint:
Dependent clauses are the sentences that depend on the main clause to make complete sense on its own.
The correct answer is: After Matt admitted the mistake
In the above sentence, OPTION 2 is the correct answer.
The subordinating conjunction 'after' makes the sentence a dependent sentence which causes it to be incomplete
Here Matt is the main subject (noun) of the sentence.
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