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Review: Identifying Clauses, Answer 10.2

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Question:
when the train arrived at the station
Answer:
The answer phrase is not correct.
Explanation:
You might have thought that this is a phrase because it is not a complete sentence; however, it does contain a subject (the train) and a predicate (arrived at the station). The subordinating conjunction when indicates that this clause is dependent on another clause in the sentence.