Use the sentences to
answer the question.
Franklin spent an hour
researching at the library
last night. He checked out
four books to finish the
project at home.
Which one shows how
these sentences can be
manipulated to create a
compound sentence that
has the same meaning as
the original sentences?
a. To finish the project
at home, Franklin
brought home four
books after he
spent an hour
researching at the
library last night.
b. Franklin spent an
hour researching at
the library last night,
and he checked out
four books to finish
the project at home.
c. After spending an
hour researching at
the library last night,
Franklin decided to
finish the project at
home and checked
out four books.
d. Franklin checked out four
books from the library; he had
already spent an hour
researching last night.