Exercise 13
Interchange principal and subordinate douses in the following sentences.
1. His ability was such that all the citizens turned to him in their perplexity.
2. Bacon finished his University studies before he was sixteen.
3. This was the most perilous action in which he was ever engaged.
4. The disaster turns out to be less terrible than it was first reported to be.
5. The builder has done his work better than I expected.
6. He never passes an opinion on any question until he has heard both sides.
Answers
Explanation:
A clause is a part of a larger sentence containing a subject and a predicate of its own.
A Principal Clause is an independent clause which can exist even without a subordinate clause. A Subordinate Clause is called a dependent clause because it cannot exist without the help of the principal clause. It begins with a subordinating conjunction.
In the above sentence, Option A is correct because 'Zayan is my childhood friend' is the principal clause. It can exist independently even without the presence of the remaining part of the sentence. It contains a finite verb.
Option B is incorrect as 'who is a postman' is the subordinate clause. It begins with the subordinating conjunction 'who' and is dependent upon the principal clause for its existence.
Option C is incorrect because parts of both the principal and subordinate clauses have been punched.
Option D is incorrect because its incomplete in structure.
Explanation:
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