Choose the option that best combines the two sentences into one simple sentence:
Pooja locked all the windows. Then she left for her native village.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Having locked all the windows, Pooja left for her native village.
Joining with a perfect participle:
- When one action is finished before the next one starts, the first action can become Having + past participle (V3).
- Pooja first locked the windows and then left. So the first action becomes “Having locked all the windows”, and “Pooja” is the subject of the main part.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: Having lock all the windows, Pooja left for her native village. — Incorrect. The option says “Having lock”. After “having”, the verb takes the V3 form “locked”.
Option 2: Having left for her native village, Pooja locked all the windows. — Incorrect. This reverses the order of the actions. Pooja locked the windows first and left after that.
Option 4: Having locked all the windows, so Pooja left for her native village. — Incorrect. The option says “Having locked all the windows, so Pooja left”. The “having” phrase already joins the two actions, so “so” is extra.