Which sentence indicates that the underlined verbs occurred and concluded in the past at the same time?
a.)gramps was coaching college baseball for ten years and enjoyed the experience.
b.)gramps coached college baseball for ten years and enjoyed the experience.
c.)gramps has coached college baseball for ten years and enjoyed the experience.
d.)gramps has been coaching college baseball for ten years and enjoys the experience.

The correct answer is b.)Gramps coached college baseball for ten years and enjoyed the experience.  

Explanation:

When we want to use the past simple within a sentence, we need to know the grammatical rule to use. In this case, when there are a series of completed actions that ended in the past. we need to use the verbs in the past forms and the words "Coached" and "enjoyed" are in past simple. The answer A. is not suitable because it is in past continuous and C. is in present perfect and is in present perfect continuous. So, the option B. has the two verbs in the past simple.

B) Gramps coached college baseball for ten years and enjoyed the experience.

Explanation:

This sentence explains the use of the simple past tense because it uses the verbs coached and enjoyed to express punctual and finished actions in the past.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

c, his tragic flaw to cause his downfall