Identify the main clause and subordinate clause in the following sentences.

The main clause or independent clause can stand alone. It is not introduced by a conjunction or relative clause. Examples are given below.

• I was working in the morning.
• They are waiting for us.
• It was raining.

The subordinate or dependent clause cannot stand alone. Subordinate clauses begin with subordinating conjunctions (as, since, because, when, before, after, though, if, whether etc.) or relative pronouns (that, who, which, where, whose)

1. She said that she was hungry.

2. Do you know where he lives?

3. As he was ill, he didn’t go to school.

4. Though I studied well, I could not get good marks.

5. I asked him if he was free.

6. She insisted until I said Yes.

7. He asked me what I was doing there.

8. This is the child whose dad is a sailor.

9. He started shouting before I had said a word.

10. After he finished his studies, he started looking for work.

11. It was raining when we reached his place.

12. This is the estate that belongs to my grandfather.

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