Choose the option that best combines the two sentences into one simple sentence:
Raghu fed the cattle. He ate his breakfast.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Having fed the cattle, Raghu ate his breakfast.
Joining with a perfect participle:
- Raghu fed the cattle first and ate his breakfast after that.
- The earlier action takes having + past participle (V3): “Having fed the cattle”. The person who did it, Raghu, is the subject of the main part.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: Having eaten his breakfast, Raghu fed the cattle. — Incorrect. This reverses the order of the actions. It says he ate first and fed the cattle later.
Option 3: Having feed the cattle, Raghu ate his breakfast. — Incorrect. The option says “Having feed”. After “having”, the verb takes its V3 form, “fed”.
Option 4: Having fed the cattle, the breakfast was eaten by Raghu. — Incorrect. The opening phrase now belongs to “the breakfast”. It says the breakfast fed the cattle.