Question

After Congress passed the funding bill, the President agreed to sign it into law.

Identify the subordinate clause in the sentence.


After Congress
the President agreed to sign it into law.
After Congress passed the funding bill,
to sign it into law

Answer 1

A subordinate clause is

so the answer is After Congress passed the funding bill.
The President agreed to sign it" is the main clause.

Answer 2

The surbodinate clause is after Congress passed the funding bill.

A subordinate clause consists of a group of words with a subject and a verb, that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence. A subordinate clause function is to complement a sentence’s main clause, thereby adding to the whole unit of meaning. Subordinate clauses are also known as dependent clauses, because they depend on the main clause.