Question

she talks as if she were mad (Choose the subordinate clause) ​

Answer 1

Subordinate clause is " As if she were mad"

Explanation:

Subordinate clauses are used to add more information to sentences, but it cannot stand as a sentence. It can come at various points in a sentence.  Like all clauses, a subordinate clause has a subject and verb.  There are three types of subordinate clauses: adjective, adverb, and noun.

Example:  

Although I was scared, I crept inside.

The girl, who was eight, ran.

Given sentence:

she talks as if she were mad

• Main clause: She talks.
• Subordinate clause = As if she were mad.
• Subordinate conjunction = As if.
• Here, the subordinate clause comes at the end of the sentence.
• Since this subordinate clause modifies a verb, talk, this is an adverb subordinate clause.

Answer 2

Subordinate clause

• The subordinate clause is 'as if she wear mad'.

• Subordinate clause can not stand alone, depends on the main clause.
• 'If she were' depends on the main clause 'how she talks'.
• 'As if' clearly declares that it is an example of adverbial clsuses.

• There are three types of subordinate clauses . And they are 'noun clause', 'adjective clause' and 'adverbial clause'.