Which sentence contains an infinitive?
1. clayton asked his mother if he could take the bus to the skate park.
2. although she was busy, clayton's mother offered to give him a ride.
3. after sending an email to her boss, clayton's mother grabbed her keys.
4. when clayton got to his mother's car, he noticed she had a flat tire.

Realism was a fairly influential and widespread literary movement in the united states in the latter half of the nineteenth century. which american writer is among the pioneers of american realism? a. ernest hemingway b. f. scott fitzgerald c. j. d. salinger d. mark twain

Read this excerpt from "the all-american slurp." i pulled the strings out of my stalk. z-z-zip, z-z-zip. my brother followed suit. z-z-zip, z-z-zip. to my left, my parents were taking care of their own stalks. z-z-zip, z-z-zip, z-z-zip. suddenly i realized that there was dead silence except for our zipping. looking up, i saw that the eyes of everyone in the room were on our family. mr. and mrs. gleason, their daughter meg, who was my friend, and their neighbors the badels—they were all staring at us as we busily pulled the strings of our celery. what story element does the author develop in this excerpt? a) lot details about the party b) characterization of the lins c) characterization of the gleasons d) setting details about the gleasons’ house

In the following sentences, commas are needed after which words? when the clark family planned their summer vacation to hell’s canyon they didn’t plan on having quite so many adventures. from the start they had to deal with a broken-down van a sick baby and torrential rains.