Choose the word modified by the underlined participle or participle phrase: -cleaning feverishly- the woman did not miss a speck of dust 3.)woman 2.)miss 3.)dust

Which sentence contains a gerund? sally is fishing on the lake with her father and brothers.marcus is supposed to be joining the discussion later today.my cat was not interested in the dangling string.her chorus director does not appreciate angela's fidgeting.

What does the author see as the main cause for why students don’t really see shakespeare as a real, flawed human being? we shouldn’t shy away from discussing our literary heroes’ flaws. if nothing else, the knowledge of their failures us appreciate what success and greatness these authors did achieve. often our hero-worship keeps us from truly seeing the complexity of a great author. thus, i would argue, nothing would be better for high school students than to take shakespeare down a peg or two. a) the fact that students never learn enough about shakespeares biography b) the fact that students only read shakespeare’s comedies while in school c) the fact that students are never assigned to read any shakespeare while in high school d) the fact that students only read shakespeare’s greatest works in school and thus never see his weaknesses

The pop quiz surprised natasha more than read the sentence and choose the correct pronoun.