Question

(1) The Tasmanian wolf or Tasmanian tiger as it was called in Australia, was neither a wolf nor a tiger, but an animal that looked like a hybrid of several different species. (2) People have not spotted this animal for over fifty years, and it is believed that it is now extinct. (3) The animal had a head like a wolf, a tail like a dog, stripes like a tiger, and a pouch like a kangaroo. (4) Scientists now refer to it as the thylacine. (5) Tasmanian wolves were about one meter long, slightly larger than a fox. (6) During the day they would hide in secluded areas, such as logs, but after dark they would step out to hunt often in small packs. (7) Kangaroos, wallabies, and small birds and animals were their primary prey. (8) At one time there were a large number of Tasmanian wolves predominantly found in Australia, but people hunted them down because they at times killed chickens and sheep.
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Which is the correct way to write sentence 6?
A.
During the day they would hide in secluded areas such as logs, but after dark they would step out to hunt, often in small packs.
B.
During the day they would hide, in secluded areas such as logs, but after dark they would step out to hunt, often in small packs.
C.
During the day they would hide in secluded areas such logs, but after dark, they would step out to hunt often in small packs.
D.
During the day, they would hide in secluded areas, such logs, but after dark, they would step out to hunt often in small packs.

Answer 1

A

Explanation: Option A correctly keeps "hide in secluded areas such as logs" intact and uses a comma before "but" to join two independent clauses; the comma after "hunt" appropriately sets off the adverbial phrase "often in small packs."