Question

read the following passage.

(1) during world war ii, america did not lose its love of baseball even though many men left to fight overseas. (2) many feared that major league stadiums around the country would have to suspend play. (3) when philip k. wrigley founded the all-american girls softball league, he thought it could be a possible solution for a lack of players. (4) this is the basis for the movie a league of their own. (5) the movie depicts a positive and inspiring story. (6) it features two sisters, dottie and kit, who leave their home in oregon to go play in the league in chicago. (7) tom hanks stars as a drunken manager, jimmy dugan, who proves himself later in the movie. (8) the womens league flourished although many people jeered and taunted them at first. (9) this is a great movie because the endearing characters and historical background make it memorable.

what is the subordinating conjunction in sentence 1? select the best answer.

• during
• did
• even though

Explanation:

🆕 New Concept Discovered: Subordinating Conjunctions
Connecting a dependent clause to an independent clause.

Step 1: Analyze Sentence 1

Let's look at Sentence 1 from the passage:
"During World War II, America did not lose its love of baseball even though many men left to fight overseas."

We need to identify the grammatical roles of the words provided in the options:

• during: This is a preposition introducing the prepositional phrase "During World War II".
• did: This is an auxiliary (helping) verb used with "not lose" to form the negative past tense.
• even though: This is a conjunction used to connect a dependent clause ("many men left to fight overseas") to the main independent clause ("America did not lose its love of baseball").

Step 2: Identify the Subordinating Conjunction

A subordinating conjunction is a word or transition phrase that joins a dependent clause to an independent clause, showing a relationship such as contrast, cause, or time.

• "Even though" introduces a clause of concession/contrast ("many men left to fight overseas") and makes it dependent on the main clause. Therefore, even though is the subordinating conjunction.

Answer:

even though