Question

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

Answer 1

"As if she were mad" is the subordinate clause

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.

Option C is the answer.

Answer 2

Explanation:

Among the four options given in question statement, the correct option is C.

Here as if she were mad is the subordinate clause.

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.

In given sentence, she is the subject and mad is a state supporting the talk vrb but this is subordinate as it needs some phrase to complete its meaning