Identify the gerund phrase and its noun use.
the little boy left home without telling his mother.
1.) gerund phrase:
a.)left home
b.)left home without telling
c.) telling his mother
d.)without telling
2.) noun use:
a.)direct object
b.)subject compliment
c.)subject
d.) object of the preposition

Which statement best expresses the meaning of these lines from “the courage that my mother had”? that courage like a rock, which she / has no more need of, and i have. a. the speaker equates her mother's courage with a rock. b. the speaker needs the kind of courage her mother showed. c. the speaker realizes her mother no longer needs courage d. the speaker realizes her mother found courage in rocks.

The travels of marco polo. based on the text and the map, which labeled location sends products to shihr?

Read lines 44 - 47 from the poem "your laughter and answer the question, deny me bread, air, light, spring, but never your laughter for i would die