Identify the type of clause that is underlined in the following sentence. as we walked along the beach, thousands of stars glittered above us. question 1 options: adjective adverb noun independent

If the underlined sentence is As we walked along the beach, then the correct answer is adverb sentence, because it denotes the way and time those stars glittered - as they were walking.
If the underlined sentence is thousands of stars glittered above us, the correct answer is independent sentence.

As the boys sleep, military airplanes battle fiercely above the island. none of the boys sees the explosions and flashes in the clouds because the twins sam and eric, who were supposed to watch the signal fire, have fallen asleep. during the battle, a parachutist drifts down from the sky onto the island, dead.