read the paragraph.
last night i was startled. a raccoon crawled into one of the trash cans behind my house. it couldnt escape, and it hissed at me when i was taking out the trash. i was so surprised that i ran back into the house! i was relieved when a park ranger was able to rescue the raccoon and return it to its natural habitat.
which revision best uses a phrase to combine the first two sentences?
startling me, a raccoon crawled into one of the trash cans behind my house last night.
a raccoon last night startled me when it crawled into one of the trash cans behind my house.
last night, when it crawled into one of the trash cans behind my house, a raccoon startled me.
last night, i was startled by a raccoon that had crawled into one of the trash cans behind my house.

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read the paragraph.
last night i was startled. a raccoon crawled into one of the trash cans behind my house. it couldnt escape, and it hissed at me when i was taking out the trash. i was so surprised that i ran back into the house! i was relieved when a park ranger was able to rescue the raccoon and return it to its natural habitat.
which revision best uses a phrase to combine the first two sentences?
  startling me, a raccoon crawled into one of the trash cans behind my house last night.
  a raccoon last night startled me when it crawled into one of the trash cans behind my house.
  last night, when it crawled into one of the trash cans behind my house, a raccoon startled me.
  last night, i was startled by a raccoon that had crawled into one of the trash cans behind my house.

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# Brief Explanations:
To solve this, we analyze each option:
- Option 1: "Startling me" is a phrase, but the original first sentence's subject is "I", and this option shifts focus to the raccoon as the subject of "startling", which slightly alters the original meaning (the startle was due to the raccoon's action, but the phrasing here makes the raccoon the agent of startling in a way that's less aligned with combining the two sentences about "I was startled" and "raccoon crawled...").
- Option 2: "A raccoon last night startled me when..." uses a clause ("when it crawled...") rather than a phrase to combine the ideas. The question asks for a phrase to combine the first two sentences.
- Option 3: "Last night, when it crawled... a raccoon startled me" also uses a clause ("when it crawled...") to combine, not a phrase.
- Option 4: "that had crawled into one of the trash cans behind my house" is a phrase (a relative clause phrase) that combines the two ideas: "I was startled last night" and "a raccoon crawled into one of the trash cans behind my house". It maintains the original subject ("I") and uses a phrase to add the detail about the raccoon's action that caused the startle.

# Answer:
D. Last night, I was startled by a raccoon that had crawled into one of the trash cans behind my house.

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