The audience sat quietly as the maestro, stretching his arms, began to conduct the orchestra. what is the participial phrase in the sentence?
a. as the maestro
b. stretching his arms
c. to conduct the orchestra
d. the audience sat quietly

Read the rough draft of a student's conclusion to anargumentative editorial.(1) year-round schooling would student achievement.(2) not so much information would have to be crammed intonine months. (3) furthermore, the elimination of long breaks,particularly summer break, would significantly reduce"learning loss" and the additional time wasted at thebeginning of each academic year to reteach previouslylearned material. (4) it is clear that year-round schooling students learn and retain more. (5) the united staleis not the only country to experiment with a year-roundschool schedule. (6) although many still claim that evidenceabout year-round school and its link to higher achievement isinconclusive, these people need to open their eyes and seethat students in these schools consistently score higher oncertain assessments than students who attend schools withtraditional nine-month calendars. (7) it is about time that wereplaced our outdated and inefficient school calendars.which best revises sentence 6 to create a more appropriate and respectful tone

In january 2014 and i started 1 million pennies project she put donation jars in school and shops and set up a webpage to of said donations online her gold was to collect 1 million pennies or 1000 chandra’s planned to give the money to a group called growing food for the group plant gardens and deliver the products it grows to people in need

Which of the following is not one of the part of speech