22. Identify the simple predicate in the following sentence.

My mother has been waiting all morning for the plumber to arrive.

A. has been waiting

B. arrive

C. has

D. waiting

Imagine you are reading a story about a character named dray. dray is captain of the basketball team and practices for hours after school in order to achieve his goals of playing in the nba. one day, dray decides that he hates basketball. he quits the team and takes up knitting instead. what is the introduction of this new plot point is an example of a. an anticlimaxb. a conclusionc. a contrivanced. a climax

Imagine that you have just moved to a new city.write a short letter to your best friendtelling him or her about the move.be sure to include the date and your new address.use additional paper ifnecessary

Read the excerpt. “this is a train-servicing station and we have to wait for a train.” he shakes his head. i smile. “it’d be nice if we could get one.” lauren mizock has revised her draft of “train tracks” to convey plot events using