Multiple choice

Direction: Part of the sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence five ways of phrasing the underlined part are given. Choice 1 repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice 1. If not, select one of the other choices.

While waving goodbye to my parents, the airplane took off, and we watched it disappear in the sky.

  1. While waving

  2. Waving

  3. As we were waving

  4. While we were waving

  5. During waving
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

(3):The original sentence and other choices seem to give the idea that the airplane was waving to the parents. Only option 3 gives the clear meaning.

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