Question

Identify the subordinate clause in the following:
The man who had left behind his spectacles on the park bench was later identified as the same person who had been accused of the robbery in the nearby bank. [Advanced]

• A. who had left behind
• B. was later identified
• C. who had been accused
• D. of the robbery in the nearby bank

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (C)

The correct options are
A who had left behind
C who had been accused

Subordinate clauses start with conjunctions or prepositions and cannot exist without the on the main clause. Here “who...behind” and “who...accused” are dependent on “The...identified”. Hence, Option A and C are correct. The rest of the options do not fit this description, hence incorrect.