Phrases and Clauses

Select the principal clause in these sentences.

  1. Mili spoke as though she were a born orator.
    Correct
  2. They felt that the criminal must be put to death.
    Correct
  3. When at last he returned to the city, the people told him that everything had been washed away in the floods.
    Correct
  4. The newspaper will tell us tomorrow what the flood situation is.
    Correct
  5. Many of the books that were produced in the Middle Ages, were written by hand.
    Correct