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Question
Join the following sentences to make one complete sentence without using and, but or so. Choose the correct option.
He jumped up. He ran away.
Options
He jumped up before he ran away.
Jumping up, he ran away.
He ran away after jumping.
He ran away because he jumped up
Solution
Jumping up, he ran away.
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