Agroup of words that includes a subject and a verb but does not express a complete thought is called

a subordinate clause
a complete sentence
a compound subject
a main clause

A group of words that includes a subject and a verb but does not express a complete thought is called subordinate clause, or also referred to as dependent clause. This group of words is not a sentence and can't stand alone as a sentence. Example : Because I can't wait for the bus; Until the sun rises.

Answering the question, subordinate clause a group of words that has a subject and a verb but does not express a complete thought. The correct answer is A.

Examples of a subordinate clause include

However, there are three types of subordinate clauses and these include

An adjective clause refers to a dependent clause and can function as an adjective

Example: The man who looked sad danced

The dependent adjective clause here is the man looked sad.

Adverb clause refers to a dependent clause that can function as an adverb

Example:  I swim because I love swimming

I swim because I love swimming is a dependent adverb clause, “I” is the subject while “love” is the verb, the whole clause is acting as one adverb and modifies the verb “swim”

A noun clause refers to a dependent clause and functions as a noun

Example: whatever we want is fine with me

The subject and the verb in the example are “we” and “want” respectively and both acting as a noun.

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