Question

(a) When the king arrived the hermit was digging the ground.
(Name and identify the subordinate clause.)​

Answer 1

Answer:

In the given sentence, 'when the king arrived the hermit was digging the ground. ' the main verb here is was digging and the main clause is the hermit was digging the ground. The subordinate clause is when the king arrived.

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer:

subordinate clause - when the king arrived ,,, and it is adverbial clause

Explanation:

if we try to understand the meaning of the clause 'when the king arrived 'we will get no sense.so it is a subordinate clause. but if we say 'the hermit was digging the ground ' we will get a meaning of the sentence. so it is the main clause.

if we ask the verb with when, how, where.. we get an adverb,.sk it is an adverbial clause