1. identify how the underlined gerund or gerund phrase is used in the sentence.
do you enjoy 'running'?
a. direct object
b. predicate nominative
c. indirect object
d. object of a preposition

2. she has finished several things by 'staying focused'.
a. direct object
b. predicate nominative
c. indirect object
d. object of a preposition

Alvarez instruction active understanding characters what can you conclude about the daughters, based on the passage? check all that apply. her daughters would seek her out at night when she seemed to have a moment to talk to them: they were having trouble at school or they wanted her to persuade their father to give them permission to go into the city or to a shopping mall or a movie - in broad daylight, mami! laura would wave them out of her room. "the problem with you " the problem boiled down to the fact that they wanted to become americans and their father and their mother, too, at first - would have none of it. -“daughter of invention," julia alvarez they struggle to fit in. they feel supported by their mother. they value their mother's advice. they embrace american culture. they want to leave new york