Question

Which of these sentences contains a subordinate clause? A) The dairy farmers headed for America for a new life. Eliminate B) Terri bought the ingredients, but John baked the cookies. C) They lived for a while in New York but moved to California after a year. D) Because they were penniless, the young men lived on dry bread and whatever wild fruit they could find.

Answer 1

D is the answer. "Because they were penniless" is a subordinate clause. "Because" is a subordinating conjunction.

Answer 2

As he/she said.
It's D