Question

By the 1500s, galleons were taking cargo across oceans all over the world. Galleons were huge sailing ships. Which sentence combines these two sentences with an appositive phrase? Taking cargo all over the world, galleons were huge ships that sailed across oceans by the 1500s. By the 1500s, galleons, which were huge sailing ships, were taking cargo across oceans all over the world. By the 1500s, galleons were taking cargo across oceans all over the world, and galleons were huge sailing ships. By the 1500s, galleons, huge sailing ships, were taking cargo across oceans all over the world.

Answer 1

By the 1500s, galleons, huge sailing ships, were taking cargo across oceans all over the world.

Step-by-step explanation:

Huge sailing ships is an appositive phrase that renames and explains galleons. It is nonessential, so it is enclosed by commas.

Answer 2

The correct sentence that combines these two sentences with an appositive phrase is the last one: By the 1500s, galleons, huge sailing ships, were taking cargo across oceans all over the world.