64 points ! which sentence uses an infinitive as an adverb? a) my favorite board game to play is stored in the basement. b) nicole wants to learn the art of rhetoric before next year. c) dave's favorite thing to do is to walk his dog every evening. d) we met after school to study for the big math test next week.

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.