Thomas Hardy´s poems reflect the grim outlook of the late Victorian era
Thomas Hardy was an English novelist and poet of the Victorian period. His most prevalent theme in his poems is the struggle of humanity against fate. In his works, he dealt with the social constraints around which the lives of the people revolved. He criticizes the beliefs, which gave way to unhappiness and sufferings for people, such as marriage, education, and religion.
He may be most remembered for his novels such as Tess of the d'Ubervilles and Far from the Madding Crowd.
to obey
B.
to command
C.
to discover
D.
to give up
the book
the book that I am reading
book that I am reading
that I am reading
I am reading
concerns world population
this sentence contains no dependent clause
The correct answer is: that I am reading
A subordinate clause ( a dependent clause ) begins with a subordinate conjunction (as, if, than, that, where, until etc) or a relative pronoun (that, who, whom etc.) and will have a subject and a verb. This clause can not stand alone as a sentence because it does not provide a complete thought.
that I am reading is a subordinate clause because it contains a relative pronoun that introduces it ( that ), a subject ( I ) and a verb ( am reading ). It can not stand on its own because it does not have any meaning.