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review colin's inner conflict. he believes that he is a sickly hunchback and is
doomed to die an early death. colin's journey into the garden develop plot by:
by giving colin a reason to improve his own health.
by allowing him to share dickon's and mary's secret and thus strengthening their friendship.
by introducing him to the wonders of spring.
by compelling colin to focus on happier days, when his mother was alive.

Colin's journey into the garden helps develop plot By giving Colin a reason to improve his own health.

Explanation:

The secret garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett tells the story of the friendship of two boys and a girl which helps each other to overcome their personal conflicts as they discover a secret garden in the mansion of one of them, this event creates a union between the three characters where they trust each other and encourage each other to be better.

sing because that is what they are doing in the sentence

explanation:

the simple predicate is the main verb in the predicate that tells what the subject does. example: my father fixed the dryer. read each sentence. draw a line under the complete predicate.

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