Question

read the sentence. when they arrived at the beach, the students who had never seen the ocean before ran toward the shore. which part of the sentence is an adverbial dependent clause? ○ when they arrived at the beach ○ the students who had never seen ○ the ocean before ○ ran toward the shore

Explanation:

An adverbial dependent clause functions as an adverb, modifying a verb, adjective, or other adverb, and it starts with a subordinating conjunction. "When they arrived at the beach" starts with the subordinating conjunction "when" and modifies the main verb "ran" by indicating the time of the action. The other options: "the students who had never seen" is part of a relative clause modifying "students"; "the ocean before" is part of the relative clause; "ran toward the shore" is the main verb phrase.

Answer:

A. when they arrived at the beach