Question

Identify the principal or main clause in the following sentence:
As the rain continued to fall, Joe and Martha stayed indoors.

• A. the rain continued to fall
• B. the rain
• C. Joe and Martha stayed indoors
• D. Joe and Martha

Answer 1

The correct option is C Joe and Martha stayed indoors

Principal clauses form a complete sentence and can stand alone without any extra information. Here "Joe and Martha stayed indoors" makes a complete independent sentence, hence Option C is correct. The rest of the options do not adhere to the goal, hence incorrect.