What is the best way to combine the following simple sentences into a complex sentence using the subordinate conjunction “as soon as”?


Melissa returned from the home improvement store. She began painting her living room.

Answer:

- Melissa returned from the home improvement store and she began painting her living room.

- As soon as Melissa returned from the home improvement store, she began painting her living room.

- As soon as Melissa returned from the home improvement store; she began painting her living room.

- Melissa returned from the home improvement store as soon as she began painting her living room.

- As soon as Melissa returned from the home improvement store she began painting her living room.