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The people were listening eagerly WHILE the leader was speaking.

So, the correct subordinating conjunction for the sentence is B. WHILE

A. Since is incorrect answer. Because since as a statement of cause/reason/effect it can be interpreted as "because". Since, which expresses time, will focus on when the previous action occurred.

C. After is incorrect answer. Because after is used to connect adverbs of time, place, and sequence.

D. Even if is incorrect answer. Because "even if" leads to extraordinary or unexpected events but are likely to occur.

EXPLANATION OF SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTION:

Subordinating conjunctions are words that connect from an independent clause to a dependent clause that can stand alone as a sentence. In other words, it does not require additional information used as a sentence. The sentence "The student failed the test" is an example of an independent clause.

The dependent clause adds additional information to the main clause. This clause cannot stand alone, which means it depends on an independent clause. It's not a complete sentence. For example, "because she didn't study" is not a complete sentence.

However, combine the two clauses to make, "The student failed the test because she didn't study." The completeness of this idea has been expressed and the information contained is clearly presented to explain the thought or intent of the sentence. What joins the two clauses? The word "because". And that is what is called a subordinating conjunction.

There are 2 ways to use a subordinating conjunction, namely:

1. The subordinating conjunction is at the beginning of the sentence and don't forget to add a comma (,) before the independent clause.
2. Subordinating conjunctions between dependent and independent sentences without adding a comma (,) in the sentence.

The following is an example of a subordinating conjunction:

• after
• as
• as soon as
• before
• once
• since
• until/till
• when
• etc

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