Read the two sentences. Our cat, Margo, disappeared for two days last week. Our cat, Margo, came back with six baby kittens. Which combines these two sentences to express the same idea? Check all that apply.
Our cat, Margo, disappeared for two days last week, and she came back with six baby kittens.
Margo, our cat, had six baby kittens after she disappeared for two days last week.
After disappearing for two days last week, our cat, Margo, came back with six baby kittens.
Margo, our cat, had six baby kittens, but they disappeared for two days after she came back.
Six baby kittens disappeared for two days last week after our cat, Margo, came back.
Answers
After disappearing for two days last week, our cat, Margo, came back with six baby kittens. --------------- is correct.
'Our cat, Margo disappeared for two days last week' and 'she came back with six baby kittens' and 'After disappearing for two days last week', 'our cat Margo' came back with 'six baby kittens are the sentences' which 'express the same idea'.
EXPLANATION:
It is clear from the information given in the question that the name of the cat is Margo, who disappeared from a home for two days last week, and after two days she returned home with six baby kittens. The cat, Margo did not have those kittens before so it can be concluded that she is not their biological mother, and neither of those kittens were part of the household prior to being brought by the cat.
So, clearly the second sentence and fourth sentence can not be the answer because it states that those kittens belongs to the cat, Margo, but in the question there is no indication that she could be their biological mother. Whereas fifth sentence suggests that the kittens were already a part of the household, which cannot be stated true according to the above sentences. So, only the first and third sentence expresses the combination of the two ideas in a single sentence.