Which answer choice uses correct punctuation in the passage below?

Question

My favorite activities include, reading writing.... and painting I enjoy these because it helps me relax: I also find them to be very rewarding. Sometimes--when I have extra time, I like to write short stories, they allow me to be creative, and express my thoughts.

Answer 1

The passage can be revised to improve punctuation as follows:

"My favorite activities include reading, writing, and painting. I enjoy these because they help me relax; I also find them to be very rewarding. Sometimes, when I have extra time, I like to write short stories; they allow me to be creative and express my thoughts."

This revision corrects the misuse of commas, replaces ellipses with appropriate punctuation, and uses semicolons for better sentence structure.