Question

Which examples are clauses? Select three options.

whenever I go to the movies
Samir lives on Green Street.
tearing through the town
but it’s likely to rain that day
after the end of the school year

Answer 1

The clauses are:
- whenever I go to the movies (dependent/subordinate clause: contains subject "I" + verb "go")
- Samir lives on Green Street. (independent clause: subject "Samir" + verb "lives")
- but it’s likely to rain that day (clause: "it’s likely to rain that day" has subject "it" + verb phrase)

Not clauses: "tearing through the town" (present-participle phrase) and "after the end of the school year" (prepositional/time phrase).