Question

question 4
select the option that keeps the meaning and combines these sentences into a single simple sentence with a participial phrase.
one day i came in earlier than usual. i found him in the dining room. he was running frantically. he was running from table to table.
reichl, ruth. tender at the bone. new york: broadway books, 1998.
one day i came in earlier than usual and there he was, running from table to table in a frantic way.
he was running frantically from table to table when i came in earlier than usual one day.
one day i came in earlier than usual and i found him in the dining room where he was running frantically from table to table.
one day i came in earlier than usual and found him in the dining room, running frantically from table to table.

Explanation:

This option combines the sentences into a single simple sentence with a participial phrase "running frantically from table to table" which correctly modifies the action of finding him in the dining - room while maintaining the original meaning.

Answer:

One day I came in earlier than usual and found him in the dining room, running frantically from table to table.