Question

Identify the subordinate clause in the following sentence:
After Mary finished writing the first draft of her essay, she went out to take a stroll through the garden. [Intermediate]

• A. writing the first draft of her essay
• B. she went out
• C. to take a stroll through the garden
• D. After Mary finished writing

Answer 1

The correct option is D After Mary finished writing

Subordinate clauses start with conjunctions or prepositions and cannot exist without the on the main clause. Here “after...writing” is dependent on “she...garden”. Hence, Option D is correct. The rest of the options do not fit this description, hence incorrect.