What change (if any) should be made to the underlined words in the following sentence?

Question

When he discovers his human heritage, Tarzan being excited and intrigued.(1 point)
Responses

A) No change
A) No change

B) since Tarzan being
B) since Tarzan being

C) Tarzan is
C) Tarzan is

D) Tarzan,

Answer 1

The correct change should be:

C) Tarzan is

The revised sentence would read: "When he discovers his human heritage, Tarzan is excited and intrigued." This correction properly uses the verb "is" to indicate Tarzan's state of being in the present tense.