Question

The principal actors in the play were ill. The play could not be performed.
Choose the option that best combines the sentences. [Advanced]

• A. The play having not been performed, the principal actors in the play were ill.
• B. The principal actors in the play were ill but the play could not be performed.
• C. The principal actors in the play having fallen ill, the play could not be performed.
• D. NO CHANGE

Answer 1

The correct option is C The principal actors in the play having fallen ill, the play could not be performed.

To combine the sentences into nominative absolute construction, a participle form of the verb has to be used, here in the present perfect tense. Hence, Option C is correct. The rest of the options do not adhere to the goal, hence incorrect.