1. which case is represented by the underlined pronoun below?
the moment the guard started calling to us, my heart sank.
a) nominative case
b) objective case
c) possessive case

2. which of the underlined pronouns is in the possessive case?
alicia told me that she prefers to ride on my bicycle rather than hers.
a) me
b) she
c) hers

3. which is the correct form of the pronoun to replace the underlined words?
although pablo and chris are best friends, they don’t always get along.
a) they
b) their
c) them

4. choose the correct pronoun to complete the sentence below.
sanjeev had to admit that joy cooks much better than
a) he
b) his
c) him

5. choose the correct pronoun to complete the sentence below.
the coach’s final pick for the team was
a) her
b) she
c) hers

Is the group of words a simple sentence, a compound sentence, or a run-on sentence? jan went on a quiz show, won two hundred dollars, and bought gifts for her family. a. run-on sentence b. compound sentence c. simple sentence

Read the passage from sugar changed the world. sugar is a taste we all want, a taste we all crave. people throughout the planet everywhere have been willing to do anything, anything at all, to get that touch of sweetness. we even know exactly how thrilling it was to taste sugar for the first time. when the lewis and clark expedition met up with the shoshone, who had little previous contact with old world products, sacagawea gave a tiny piece of sugar to a chief. he loved it, saying it was "the best thing he had ever tasted." sugar created a hunger, a need, which swept from one corner of the world to another, bringing the most terrible misery and destruction, but then, too, the most inspiring ideas of liberty. sugar changed the world. we begin that story with a man who could never know enough. how does the conclusion of the prologue support the authors’ purpose? select two options. it introduces the topic that will be addressed next. it provides information about the authors. it states why the topic is relevant to readers. it cites sources the authors used in the text. it explains how the authors came to study the subject.

This excerpt is repeated several times. what effect does this repetition have on the epic