Read the sentences. The sunflower reaches all the way up to my window. It stretches eight feet. Which of these sentences combine
s the two sentences using a present participial phrase? A. One sunflower, which is eight feet tall, reaches all the way up to my window. B. Stretching eight feet, the sunflower reaches all the way up to my window. C. One sunflower, stretched eight feet, reached all the way up to my window. D. Having stretched eight feet, one sunflower reaches all the way up to my window.
The sentence that combines the two sentences using a present participial phrase is B) Stretching eight feet, the sunflower reaches all the way up to my window. This is the only sentence where you can find the present participial phrase - <em>stretching eight feet. </em>
Being ashamed of her life. In the book Esperanza gets lots of stares and passive agressive comments from her peers, teachers and strangers about her living conditions. Her family tells her that she was born on the "devils day" and it greatly effects the way she sees herself and her Aunts health. She greatly wants to leave her family and never come back when shes older. She doesn't like the life she has and wants to put it behind her.
[sorry if some details are off I haven't read the book in almost a year]
