Identify the enclosed portion of the following sentence.
(Jacob had to buy a new cell phone) after dropping his old one in the pool.(1 point)
adverb clause
adjective clause
subordinate clause
independent clause
The clause Jacob had to buy a new cell phone is an independent clause, meaning that it is complete and can stand on its own. The remaining part, however, is a subordinate clause, or an adverb clause, to be more precise.