Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is the best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

When he returned to the office the visitors left and the peon was sitting idle.

When he returned to the office the visitors left and the peon was sitting idle.

When he returned to the office the visitors had left and the peon had been sitting idle.

When he returned to office he found that the visitors had left and the peon had been sitting idle.

When he returned to the office he found the peon sitting idle, while the visitors had left.

When he returned to the office the visitors had left and the peon was sitting idle.