Correcting Sentence Structure in a Complex Sentence

Medium Standard English Conventions Sentence Structure

Read the following sentence:

Despite the rain, the picnic went on as planned, the children played games and the adults prepared the food.

Which of the following options corrects the sentence structure?

Despite the rain, the picnic went on as planned; the children played games, and the adults prepared the food.

Despite the rain, the picnic went on as planned, the children played games while the adults prepared the food.

Although it was raining, the picnic went on as planned therefore the children played games and the adults prepared the food.

The picnic went on as planned despite the rain, and the children played games, the adults preparing the food.

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