The participle is "digging." Most participles end in -ing. It modifies "man", describing what the man is doing.
Answer: 3.To dress up and parade certain streets for an hour every day, to stand talking in doorways, or drive out in a fine carriage, was not the sort of exercise she liked, and Fan would take no other.
Explanation:
The sentence that best supports Polly’s reasons for keeping her outings a secret from Fan was "To dress up and parade certain streets for an hour every day, to stand talking in doorways, or drive out in a fine carriage, was not the sort of exercise she liked, and Fan would take no other".
From the text, we can see that Polly's idea of an exercise was quite different from what Fan wanted. This is supported by the above answer and this resulted in her keeping her outing as a secret.
Explanation:
In this Kafka's masterpiece, Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning only to realize he had turned into a huge insect out of the blue.
a) Grete’s insistence near the end of the story that it would be best for her family to get rid of Gregor, and her claim that “it” was not her brother anymore depicts BETRAYAL.
Here, Gregor's younger sister denounces her brother making a change-of-hearts compared to the first half of the novel.
b) Mr. Samsa’s physical abuse of Gregor with the apple, which severely injures him and limits his ability to move is PERSECUTION.
Mr. Samsa attacks his own son frightened and terrified by the sight of the huge bug.
c) Gregor’s enjoyment at being able to crawl around his room all
day without having to deal with any family or work-related responsibility is FREEDOM.
After feelings of shock and grief, Gregor comes to realise that in this awkward situation he is free from all responsibilities he had as human.
d) Gregor’s inability to communicate with others after his transformation into an insect is ISOLATION.
Turning to an insect has cost Gregor, anong other things, his ability to speak. That way he can not communicate with his family members and is unable to explain this strange situation. That leaves him alone in his room isolated with his thoughts.
The correct answer is alternative one.
In the first excerpt, White has affectionate memories about the good-hearted and thoughtful performances that people executed at the time they moved forward. As a consequence, the passage is a good example that human beings possesss the ability to behave in a benevolent and self-sacrificing manner in the course of a catastrophe.