Which sentence does NOT contain an error in pronoun-antecedent agreement? A. A large herd of buffalo thundered across the plain and left a cloud of dust in their wake.
B. Our gymnastics team proved their skills during the individual floor exercises.
C. When the crowd reached the center of town, the mayor was surprised by their size.

Which sentence has a correctly placed participial phrase? a. we read about a pizza on the menu covered in pepperoni. b. covered in pepperoni, we read about a pizza on the menu. c. we, covered in pepperoni, read about a pizza on the menu. d. we read about a pizza covered in pepperoni on the menu.

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were a wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.

Reread lines 6-7 "the survivor." determine how the tone of these differs from the preceding lines (1-5)