Question

1. which of the answers below best rewrites the following into one complex sentence? she had been waiting in the rain for an hour and she was soaked. i drove up for her. she had been waiting in the rain for and hour and was soaked, but i drove up for her. she was soaked from waiting in the rain for an hour, and i drove up for her. i drove up for her, and she had been waiting in the rain for an hour and was soaked. when i drove up for her, she was soaked from waiting in the rain for an hour.

Explanation:

A complex sentence uses one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. The original two simple sentences show a time relationship: the speaker drove up after she had waited in the rain and gotten soaked.

• The first option has a typo ("for and hour") and uses a coordinating conjunction "but" which does not fit the logical relationship.
• The second and third options are compound sentences (using coordinating conjunction "and" to link two independent clauses), not complex sentences.
• The fourth option uses the dependent clause "When I drove up for her" and the independent clause "she was soaked from waiting in the rain for an hour", correctly forming a complex sentence that reflects the logical time and cause-effect relationship of the original statements.

Answer:

When I drove up for her, she was soaked from waiting in the rain for an hour.