A gerund may function as a: subject complement, subject, object of preposition, and direct object.
Answers: B), D), E) and F)
You would need to introduce a list.
For example you could have: My shopping list contains of; milk, bread, and yogurt.
Another purpose is to separate clauses.
Answer: С
. It cut down the travel time of cargo ships moving between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Explanation:
Before the Panama canal was built, ships in the western hemisphere trying to get to the Pacific ocean either had to go around Argentina or South Africa, the latter of which would see them having to go through the Indian Ocean first.
The Panama canal changed all that by cutting a path across Panama in central America to the Pacific. This allowed for ships to be able to get to the Pacific faster and vice versa thereby cutting down the travel time for cargo ships moving between both oceans.
Answer: Attraction to the land versus the sea and importance of following one's dreams
Explanation:
I could not find the excerpt that is missing in your question but I have found the answers that can help you. Those are two important themes that are moving trough this play so try to connect them with your excerpt from the play.
''Beyond the Horizon'' is a play by Eugene O'Neill and it had premiere in 1920 and the same year if won Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
The setting of the play is on the Mayo farm and the surrounding countryside. That is why those two themes are most common ones.
It is describing one family portrait and two brothers are the most exposed ones.
