Read the sentence from Colony Collapse Disorder." Scientists rigorously studied a variety of possible causes.
ranging from genetically modified crops to climate change to cell
phone towers.
How does the use of the word rigorously affect the tone of the
excerpt?
o It creates an excited tone.
It creates a confident tone.
o It creates a determined tone.
It creates a self-assured tone.

In this project you will get practice writing sentences of more complexity. here is your goal for this assignment: write sentences containing present and past participles. write sentences containing gerunds. write ten sentences using the following terms as participles: feel, ride, smoke, pray, kneel, sacrifice, steal, talk, hit, and freeze. five of the terms must be used as present participles, while the other five must be used as past participles. then choose five of these verbs to write five sentences containing gerunds or gerund phrases. for these, identify the noun function of each gerund. your project will be graded based on the following: your attention to the instructions given above use of proper punctuation, spelling, grammar, and sentence construction (commonly called "conventions") requirements.