Read the following passage: with my tummy growling, i approached beamer. "how about a nice cheeseburger? " i asked. i waited as the screen loaded. "sorry, your cholesterol was a bit high this morning. here's a chicken salad." i frowned at the food that appeared. i was just starting to think about watching the football game when i was interrupted. "your laundry will be dry in 10 minutes. after you fold it and put it away, you'll need to increase your pedometer readout. take a walk to the library and back. your books are due today." i sighed. looks like no football game today. which two central ideas in this story are most closely related? a. the power of technology and the struggle for autonomy b. challenging governments and the need for independence c. personal responsibility and interacting with others d. the potential of computers and the need to relax

English testmatch ! match the definition to the term. 1 . adjective phrase a verb form (which may end in -ing ) used as an adjective 2 . phrase a verb form used as another part of speech 3 . restrictive clause a verb form ending in -ing used as a noun 4 . verb phrase group of words without a subject and verb used as single part of speech 5 . gerund phrase verb form preceded by to that is used as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb 6 . participle phrase beginning with a preposition 7 . verbal prepositional phrase modifying a noun or pronoun 8 . adverb phrase participle with complements and modifiers 9 . coordinating conjunction verb ending in -ing used with a verb 10 . gerund prepositional phrase modifying a verb, adjective, or adverb 11 . prepositional phrase a conjunction that joins words or groups of words of equal rank 12 . infinitive an adjective clause that is essential to the meaning of the sentence 13 . participial phrase a verbal form ending in -ing with its object and modifiers used as a noun

Read the excerpt from eighty years and more: reminiscences, 1815-1897. all that day and far into the night i pondered the problem of boyhood. i thought that the chief thing to be done in order to equal boys was to be learned and courageous. so i decided to study greek and learn to manage a horse. which question would best the reader understand stanton's viewpoint in this excerpt?

In which relationship stage are the individuals in the following scenario? quentin and spencer have both been on the basketball team for the last four months. when they talk about their practices or upcoming games, they often make jokes or refer to things that their friends who are not on the team don't always understand.