Question

If we are going to have pets, we ought to learn to treat them well
(Identify and Analyse the Clauses)​

Answer 1

There are two clauses in this sentence, main cause and conditional clause.

Explanation:

• A conditional sentence consists of two clauses.
• One is the main clause and the other is a conditional clause which is also known as if clause.
• The conditional clause always starts with if and precedes the main clause.
• Now in this sentence, there are two clauses
• If we are going to have pets is the conditional clause.
• We ought to learn to treat them well is the main clause.