Use the drop down menus to identify the dependent clause in each complex sentence. while patrick set the table , fernando made dinner. ravi will send us a text messege if he is running late. susannah called her brother before she boarded the plane.

The dependent clauses are "while patrick set the table" (in sentence 1), "if he is running late" (in sentence 2), and "before she boarded the plane" (in sentence 3).

A dependent clause is a group of words that cannot stand on its own as a complete sentence. Dependent clauses can be divided into adjectival, adverbial and nominal clauses. In the case of the sentences provided, the three of them contain adverbial clauses, which means that the dependent clauses are acting as adverbs. Moreover, these clauses have been introduced by the subordinating conjunctions "while", "if" and "before" respectively.  

those are the answers

Explanation:

the question concerns exactly this part of the speech:

i am not now thinking of the loss of property involved, immense and serious as that is, but only of the wanton and wholesale destruction of the lives of non-combatants, men, women, and children, engaged in pursuits which have always, even in the darkest periods of modern history, been deemed innocent and legitimate. property can be paid for; the lives of the peaceful and innocent people cannot be.

president wilson talks about the lives of people destroyed by german army. but these people are not americans, they are the local people living in europe. the president mentions the barbarity of germans, considering that he is not targeting the nation, instead it is said about german army. the correct answer is the last one.