7. verbs can be used in writing to (1 point)
clarify when or where an action occurred.
o further describe a preposition.
o link a noun and an adjective.
o show that a subject performed an action.
9. how is the pronoun “they used in the second sentence?
(1 point)
marsha and jan applied to the state university. they were both accepted.
o it replaces the nouns.
it replaces the verbs.
o it describes a verb.
it describes when an action took place.
10. adjectives are used in writing to (1 point)
describe nouns.
oreplace an action word with a non-action word.
link a verb and a preposition.
show when an action took place.

Read the excerpt. … in lower burma, i was hated by large numbers of people. … i was subdivisional police officer of the town, and … anti-european feeling was very bitter. … as a police officer i was an obvious target and was baited whenever it seemed safe to do so. … i had already made up my mind that imperialism was an evil thing. … i was all for the burmese and all against their oppressors, the british. what is the situational irony in the excerpt from “shooting an elephant” by george orwell? the narrator is a british police officer and part of the system he dislikes. the narrator is himself a well-liked member of the burmese government. the narrator has recently become a burmese citizen. the narrator has decided to leave the british empire.

Which sentence has a correctly placed participial phrase? a. we read about a pizza on the menu covered in pepperoni. b. covered in pepperoni, we read about a pizza on the menu. c. we, covered in pepperoni, read about a pizza on the menu. d. we read about a pizza covered in pepperoni on the menu.

In the following conversation, which group discussion technique does emily most clearly show?