Question

He sprang up. He dashed to the bus.
Choose the option that best combines the sentences. [Intermediate]

• A. NO CHANGE
• B. Dashing to the bus, he sprang up.
• C. Springing up, he dashed to the bus.
• D. Springing up, he was dashing to the bus.

Answer 1

The correct option is C Springing up, he dashed to the bus.

A participle is used to combine sentences while expressing a condition. Since the condition here is "sprang up", its participle form should be used for synthesis. Hence, option C is correct. The rest of the options use the wrong form of the participle(B, D) or do not adhere to the goal(A), hence incorrect.