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What is the best way to combine the sentences below using a participle phrase ? We were so excited to have our dad come home. We cooked his favorite dinner. A. Excited to have our dad come home, we cooked his favorite dinner B. We were so excited to have dad come home; we cooked his favorite dinner C. We were so excited to have our dad come home that we cooked his favorite dinner.

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Answer:

A. Excited to have our dad come home, we cooked his favorite dinner

Step-by-step explanation:

This sentence uses the participle phrase "Excited to have our dad come home" to modify the subject "we", expressing the reason for the action in the main clause.

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Answer:

i say c. we were so excited to have our dad come home that we cooked his favorite dinner

Step-by-step explanation:

a doesn't make sense which means thats not it

b doesn't make sense either bc they repeated we twice

so the answer is c

hope this helps

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