Context clues- around the difficult/unusual word, there may be hints to what the unusual word means. using context clues helps in figuring out a word's definition due to the nearby clues in the text.
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<span>If you do not understand a word in a sentence, you can look at other words around it for ______ ______.
</span><span>If you do not understand a word in a sentence, you can look at other words around it for context clues.</span>
The answer should definitely be B
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There is only one sentence among these that contains a dependent clause, and that is the third option - Although the rain poured down, the Eagles and Panthers continued their soccer game.
The remaining sentences are all simple, meaning they contain only one independent clause (except for sentence 2, which is compound, meaning it has 2 independent clauses).
<span>This is an analogy that you need to complete in order to see what the final word should be. So, exciting is an adjective that describes the noun thrill. So, in order to finish the analogy, you need a noun that the adjective difficult refers to. That noun could be ordeal, hardship, trouble, torment, torture, etc. You need a word that means "something difficult," so any of those words could be the correct answer.</span>
<span>d. object of a preposition
</span><span>All entries will be distributed for judging
GERUND - .</span>object of a preposition
NOT:
a. predicate nominative
b. direct object
<span>c. subject</span>
