Question

Choose the option that best combines the sentences.

The Treaty of Versailles was signed in June 1919. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It took six months of negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference for the treaty to be signed. [Advanced]

• A. The Treaty of Versailles was signed in June 1919 and ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers; it took six months of negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference for the treaty to be signed.
• B. The Treaty of Versailles, ending the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers, was signed in June 1919 after six months of negotiations.
• C. Signed in June 1919, the Treaty of Versailles ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers and took six months of negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference for the treaty to be signed.
• D. NO CHANGE

Answer 1

The correct option is B The Treaty of Versailles, ending the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers, was signed in June 1919 after six months of negotiations.

A participle is used to express a condition or an experience or termination of it adding an "ing" as a suffix. Hence, Option B is correct. The rest of the options do not adhere to the goal, hence incorrect.