Question

She talks as if she were mad. (Choose the Subordinate Clause) *​

Answer 1

Choose the Subordinate Clause.

'She talks as if she were mad'.

• The Subordinate Clause is 'as if she were mad'.
• A subordinate clause can not stand alone as a complete sentence but it has a subject and a verb. The given sentence is an example of Adverbial Clause.

Adverbial clause

• An Adverbial Clause does the work of an Adverb.
• Adverbial clauses are introduced by Subordinating Conjunctions.
• Example: He behaves as if he were my boss.
• The sentence 'She talks as if she were mad' expresses the manner for things that are not true.

Answer 2

Answer:

The subordinate clause in the given sentence is 'as if she were mad'

Explanation:

A clause is a group of words containing a subject and a verb. Simple sentences have one clause; compound sentences have two or more independent clauses; and complex sentences have two or more than two independent and dependent clauses.

Main Clause/ Principal Clause is an independent clause that when written independently, makes complete sentence

Subordinate Clause when written alone or independently, does not make sense.