Question

As it was raining,we could not go out (identify the subordinate clause)​

Answer 1

The subordinate clause is: 'As it was raining'.

• A sentence has a main clause and a subordinate clause.
• The subordinate clause cannot be used independently and depends on the main clause for its meaning.
• The subordinate clause in this case is an adverb clause as it begins with a subordinate conjunction.
• There can be three types of subordinate clauses - noun clause, adjective clause and adverb clause.

Answer 2

Answer:

• The given sentence is said to identify the subordinate clause.
• A clause that is dependent on another clause is called Subordinate Clause or Dependent Clause.
• The identified subordinate clause is 'as it was raining' because it is dependent on the principal clause 'we could not go out'.
• Subordinate Clause are of three kinds and Adverbial Clause is one of them.
• Then given sentence is an example of Adverbial Clause because Adverbial clauses of Reason or Cause are introduced by 'because', 'as', 'since', 'that', etc. Example: As it was raining, we could not go out. The above example expresses 'reason' and the reason or cause is due to raining we could not go out.