Discussion
It was then that I saw the car.
Identify the underlined clause.
Answer: B
The key identifies 'that I saw the car' as a noun clause.
In 'It was then that I saw the car', the opening 'It' is an introductory word that stands in for the clause 'that I saw the car'. Read in this traditional way, the that-clause does the work of a noun, the real subject of the sentence, which is why it is classed as a noun clause.
It cannot be the principal clause, because it begins with the subordinating word 'that' and depends on 'It was then'. It does not describe a noun, as an adjective clause would, or say when, where or why, as an adverb clause would; 'then' already gives the time.
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