Read the excerpt from The Dark Game: True Spy Stories from Invisible Ink to CIA Moles.
<em>[T]he Germans committed some blunders in the way they sent their secret radio messages, giving the British help in their task. The first mistake of German intelligence was the error of arrogance, believing that the British were not up to the challenge of deciphering their messages. Another mistake they made was sending duplicates and even triplicates of some of their messages, with each one using a different cipher key.</em>
Question: Which word best describes the tone of the passage?
Options:
- Critical
- Apologetic
- Objective
- Discouraged
Answer: The correct answer is: <u>Critical.</u>
Explanation: A critical tone is used to express an analysis of merits and faults of something or someone. The passage talks about The German's secret radio messages against the British. It expresses adverse and disapproving comments towards the Germans, by mentioning that The German intelligence was arrogant and that they committed terrible mistakes in the way they sent their secret radio messages.
Answer:
<u>secondhand or second-hand</u>
Explanation:
A compound adjective is an adjective made up of two or more words, in which either of those words can be a noun, an adverb, a verb in their past participle form or a verb in their present participle form. Most of the time, these words are joined by a hyphen. The word <em>secondhand</em> is an adjective because it describes the noun "smoke", and it is compound because it is made up f two nouns <em>second </em>and<em> hand</em>. This adjective can also be separated with a hyphen: <em>second-hand.</em>
The other word that may look like a compound adjective, but it is not one, is well-being, because it is a word made up of an adverb + the verb be in their present participle form, HOWEVER, it does not act as an adjective but as a noun.
It symbolizes a smile. it also symbolizes the attitude in the poem. Hope this helps!
Answer:
Adjective subordinate clause
Explanation:
A subordinate clause, also called a dependent clause, is a clause that can't stand by itself as a simple sentence, unlike an independent clause. Subordinate clauses provide additional information and can function as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb.
<em>The dog </em><em><u>that chewed up my new shoes</u></em><em> </em><em>is named Oscar. </em>
In the given sentence we have an adjective subordinate clause because it additionally describes the noun that comes before it - <em>the dog</em>. Adjective clauses begin with a relative pronoun or a relative adverb, in this case, the pronoun <em>that</em>.
Answer: Ish believe its
C London shares White Fang's thoughts and feelings directly with the reader.
Explanation:
