Question

Read the sentences. Despite its frozen landscape, West Antarctica is home to Mount Erebus. Erebus is a 12,448-foot volcano. Which choice shows the sentences combined by changing one sentence into a phrase?
a) Despite its frozen landscape, West Antarctica is home to Mount Erebus; Erebus is a 12,448-foot volcano.
b)Despite its frozen landscape. West Antarctica is home to Mount Erebus volcano. c)Despite its frozen landscape, West Antarctica is home to Mount Erebus, and Erebus is a 12,448-foot volcano.
d)Despite its frozen landscape, West Antarctica is home to Mount Erebus, a 12,448-foot volcano.

Answer 1

D sounds like the best answer

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct answer is option D) Despite its frozen landscape, West Antarctica is home to Mount Erebus, a 12,448-foot volcano."

Explanation:

The sentences that were combined by changing one sentence into a phrase is option D:  "West Antarctica is home to Mount Erebus. Erebus is a 12,448-foot volcano"  into "West Antarctica is home to Mount Erebus, a 12,448-foot volcano."

The sentence "Erebus is a 12,448-foot volcano" became part of the previous sentence by becoming a noun phrase " a 12,448-foot volcano".

Option A only added a coordinating conjunction to link the sentences (;)

Option B is missing information such as the height of the vulcano and the first part is incomplete as it is a subordinating sentence.

And option C only added a coordinating conjunction to link the sentences (and).