Using complete sentences, list three important characteristics of a republic. Read the excerpt from "Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins.

I ask them to take a poem
and hold it up to the light
like a color slide

or press an ear against its hive.

Which statement best explains the central idea of these lines?

William shakespeare i think

The era was mesozoic

Betray, destroy, and obey do not need to be changed to add the suffix -ed, because the "y" at the end of each word is preceded by a vowel  (so  they would be spelled  "betrayed," "destroyed," and "obeyed").

but hurry is different; it has to  be spelled "hurried" because the "y" at the end of "hurry" is preceded by a consonant.