Question

What is the BEST way to combine these two short sentences into one longer, coherent sentence without changing its meaning? Maria weaves rugs. She carefully chooses colors that remind her of the desert. A) Weaving, Maria's rugs contained the colors of the desert. B) Maria's rug contain many different colors that are shades of the desert. C) When Maria weaves rugs, she carefully chooses colors that remind her of the desert. D) Maria weaves rugs to sell in her mother's shop and the colors she chooses are like the desert.

Answer 1

C) When Maria weaves rugs, she carefully chooses colors that remind her of the desert.

Answer 2

C) When Maria weaves rugs, she carefully chooses colors that remind her of the desert.

Step-by-step explanation:

The best way to combine both sentences is to create one longer complex sentence, which contains a subordinate clause (When Maria weaves rugs,) and an independent clause (she carefully chooses colors that remind her of the desert). Thus, the meaning of the original sentences is intact. However, the rest of the answer options do not represent exactly the same meaning.