Question

identify the best way to correct or improve the sentence.
whenever i feel anxious, i take a long walk in the garden and return having felt much more relaxed.

○ garden and return feeling much more relaxed.

○ garden, and when i returned feeling much more relaxed.

○ garden and, returning, feeling much more relax.

○ garden and then returning i feel much more relaxed.

○ no improvement or correction is required.

Explanation:

To determine the correct option, we analyze each choice:

• Option 1: "garden and return feeling much more relaxed" uses the present participle "feeling" to describe the state upon returning, which is grammatically correct and logically consistent with the present - tense context of the original sentence ("feel", "take").
• Option 2: "garden, and when I returned feeling much more relaxed" has a past - tense "returned" which does not match the present - tense structure of the rest of the sentence.
• Option 3: "garden and, returning, feeling much more relax" is grammatically incorrect. "relax" should be "relaxed" and the structure is awkward.
• Option 4: "garden and then returning I feel much more relaxed" has an incorrect verb form "returning" in the context of the sentence structure, creating a disjointed and ungrammatical sentence.
• Option 5: The original sentence has a tense mismatch with "having felt", so improvement is required.

Answer:

A. garden and return feeling much more relaxed.