What is the gerund int his sentence?

will you be playing your song tonight?

playing
will
song
tonight

2. read two sentences

i relaxed after a long day. i put on a record.

which sentence combines the two sentences using a present participle?

relaxing after a long day, i put on a record.
i relaxed after a long day, and i put on a record.
relaxed after a long day, i put on a record.
i put on a record so i could relax after a long day.

3. what is the appositive phrase in this sentence?

johnny, my cousin's best friend, is joining us at the beach this weekend.

johnny
my cousin's best friend
is joining us at the beach
this weekend

4.what is the appositive in this sentence my father, david, goes to the golf course on sundays.

david
father
gold course
sundays

What character trait does penelope demonstrate when she calls for the suitors to hold a contest? what other character has a similar trait? she demonstrates cleverness, like odysseus does when he tricks and overcomes foes. she demonstrates hospitality, like the phaeacians do when odysseus lands on their island. she demonstrates a lack of confidence, like telemachus does when he fails to kick out the suitors. she demonstrates a lack of self control, like odysseus’s men do when they slaughter helios’s cattle.

Read the quotation from "an occurrence at owl creek bridge." and now he became conscious of a new disturbance. striking through the thought of his dear ones was a sound which he could neither ignore nor understand, a sharp, distinct, metallic percussion like the stroke of a blacksmith’s hammer upon the anvil; it had the same ringing quality. he wondered what it was, and whether immeasurably distant or near by—it seemed both. its recurrence was regular, but as slow as the tolling of a death knell. he awaited each stroke with impatience and—he knew not why—apprehension. the intervals of silence grew progressively longer, the delays became maddening. with their greater infrequency the sounds increased in strength and sharpness. they hurt his ear like the thrust of a knife; he feared he would shriek. what he heard was the ticking of his watch. which best describes the effect of the narration in the excerpt? it suggests that the man being executed feels tranquil and at peace. it suggests that the narrator is sympathetic to the man being executed. it suggests that the plot will become less tense as the story continues. it suggests that the story will become more intense and mysterious.

Ineed writing a reflective essay about hiking?