Asap 1. artists love painting new mexico’s beautiful scenery. which form of the verb is painting new mexico’s beautiful scenery? a. gerund phrase b. infinitive phrase c. gerund d. infinitive 2. which contains an adjective clause that begins with a relative pronoun? a. são paulo is located on the southeastern coast of the country; furthermore, it is the largest city in brazil. b. being the largest city in brazil, são paulo is located on the southeastern coast of the country. c. são paulo is the largest city in brazil, and it is located on the southeastern coast of the country. d. são paulo, which is the largest city in brazil, is located on the southeastern coast of the country. 3. growing chili peppers is an important source of income in new mexico. which form of the verb is growing chili peppers? a. gerund phrase b. infinitive phrase c. infinitive d. gerund 4. contributing heavily to the state’s income, petroleum, natural gas, and copper are some of new mexico’s richest natural resources. which is the participial phrase in this sentence? a. contributing heavily to the state’s income b. petroleum, natural gas, and copper c. are some of d. new mexico’s richest natural resources 5. the conquered territory contained many native americans. which is the past participle in this sentence? a. many b. contained c. conquered d. territory

Number 1:  The correct option is the letter C. Gerund.

 Love is a stative verb, so the verb that follows it has to be used in the gerund.

 When you follow a stative verb with another action, the second verb must be in the gerund form.

Number 2- The correct option is the letter D. São Paulo, which is the largest city in Brazil, is located on the southeastern coast of the country.

The relative pronoun in this sentence is which, that relates to São Paulo. It is used to avoid the repetition of the noun in the sentence.

Number 3- The correct option is the letter A. Gerund phrase.

A gerund phrase function as nouns, so they can be the subject, subject complement or objects in the sentence.

The gerund phrase Growing chili peppers function as a noun. It is used in this sentence as the direct object of the verb is.

Number 4- The correct option is the letter A. Contributing heavily to the state's income.

A participial phrase is composed of a participle together with its modifiers and compliments.

Number 5 - The correct option is the letter C. Conquered.

The verb conquered is used in this sentence in the past participle, while the verb contained is used in the simple past.

with mrs. linde, nora reveals her insensitivity and lack of shame about the forgery she committed. she implies that mrs. linde has obviously aged since they last met 10 years earlier, which accounts for nora’s inability to recognize her old friend. although nora seems sympathetic to mrs. linde’s plight, she can’t seem to control herself from boasting about her three children, her husband’s recent promotion, and how good she feels to finally have some money to spend. in a way, she seems to be flaunting her good fortune in front of mrs. linde who, deprived of all these benefits, has come to ask nora for . it is also through her interactions with mrs. linde that we realize something deeper lies under nora’s seemingly childish exterior. she reveals the secret of her forgery to mrs. linde and seems to see herself as quite resourceful for having done it.

in the company of dr. rank, nora is freer than she is with her own husband. she openly laughs with joy at knowing that all the other bank employees will be under her husband’s control. she offers dr. rank a macaroon, apparently forgetting that he knows she is forbidden to eat them. she then quickly covers for herself by claiming that mrs. linde brought them. nora seems much more assertive and free with these other characters, as well as unabashedly willing to scheme, lie, and justify her transgressions as altruistic.  

krogstad provides an interesting parallel to nora. like nora, he too is guilty of committing forgery, for which torvald condemns him and decides to fire him. although krogstad is a man and nora a woman, their crimes of forgery unite them. in fact, krogstad might represent what nora would be like if she were a man and were not strictly scrupulous like her husband is. for example, she tells mrs. linde that "a barrister's profession is such an uncertain thing, especially if he won't undertake unsavoury cases; and naturally torvald has never been willing to do that." perhaps nora would have delved into the unsavory, given how opposite she is to her husband. krogstad's is also the only harsh voice of reality that nora is forced to hear, and that is because he blackmails her for her regaining his job at the bank. finally, torvald’s reaction to krogstad’s forgery seems to foreshadow his harsh and cold reaction to nora’s forgery.