Complete the following sentences with appropriate main clauses. 5 i. …………… just as I was ringing the bell. ii. …………… every time I meet them. iii. …………… as long as you want it. iv. …………… by the time mother came home v. ……………. the moment he went on the stage.
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ANSWER:
i) She reached just as I was ringing the bell.
ii) They embrace me every time I meet them.
iii) You keep it for as long as you want it.
iv) Sara had slept by the time mother came home.
v) The audience applauded the moment he went on the stage.
EXPLANATION:
A main clause needs to have a subject and a verb. It should also express a complete thought and is thus, also called an independent clause. In i) She is the subject and reached the verb. It also completes a thought. The main clause is an essential part of a sentence.
It binds the rest of the words together. For instance, in iv), without the main clause, ‘by the time mother came home’ is a meaningless fragment of a sentence. However, once the main clause is added, it becomes a complete thought.