Questions 1–5: identify the gerund or gerund phrase in the following sentences. (remember that gerunds and gerund phrases are used as nouns.) 1. racing is a popular amusement. 2. collecting coins has proved to be a profitable hobby for many people. 3. my mother’s favorite exercise is digging in the garden. 4. by hooking the cars together, we pulled them out of the mud. 5. exercising daily keeps your body in good tone.

Mario is reading a book where the narrator only describes the point of view of pip, one of the characters. m and feelings. which type of narrator does this describe?

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In this excerpt from robert burns’s poem “a red, red rose,” which two lines are written in iambic trimeter? (an iambic trimeter pattern contains an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. the pattern repeats three times per line.) o my luve’s like a red, red rose that’s newly sprung in june: o my luve’s like the melodie that’s sweetly play’d in tune! as fair art thou, my bonnie lass, so deep in luve am i: and i will luve thee still, my dear, till a’ the seas gang dry: