Combine the following sentences into a single sentence:
Tanvi saw her name on the merit list. She phoned her father at once.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → On seeing her name on the merit list, Tanvi phoned her father.
Joining with “On + -ing”:
- “On + -ing” shows that one action came first and the second followed at once.
- Tanvi saw her name first. Then she phoned her father. So the first action becomes On seeing, and the main part keeps “Tanvi” as the subject.
- “On seeing” already carries the idea of “at once”, so those words are dropped.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: On seeing her name on the merit list, her father was phoned by Tanvi. — Incorrect. The opening “On seeing her name” must belong to the subject of the main part. Here the subject is “her father”, so it says that the father saw the name.
Option 3: On saw her name on the merit list, Tanvi phoned her father. — Incorrect. After “On”, the verb takes the -ing form. “On saw” is wrong.
Option 4: On phoning her father, Tanvi saw her name on the merit list. — Incorrect. This reverses the order of the actions. Tanvi saw the list first and phoned her father after that.