This excerpt is from 'Another time another place'.
Explanation:
- Gilbert was happy, sad, and excited throughout the story. He was sad when his father had gone to sea and when he died. He was excited to travel.
- when his father died, he is totally affected and does not follow any rules. Later he learns to time travel and meets his father.
- When Gilbert explains to Emmy about time, she argues with him saying that time cannot be controlled and goes only in one direction.
I the word draft:
1. draft (noun) - a gust of cool air in a room. An example would be: Please close the window - there's draft in the room!
2. draft (noun) - a rough plan. An example would be: I haven't finished the paper yet - I only have a draft so far.
3. draft (noun) - obligatory military service. An example would be: That country still has a draft - my nephew just joined the army!
4. draft (verb) - to serve in the army. An example would be: My friend has just been drafted - he will have to serve for a year!
II the word break:
1. break (verb) - to separate something into pieces. Example: Why did you break your glasses?
2. break (verb) - disobey law. Example: He broke the law when he killed that man.
3. break (verb) - become publicly known. Example: When the news broke, everybody was surprised.
4. break (noun) - a pause. Example: I've been working for hours - I need to make a break.
III the word present:
1. present (noun) - a gift. Example: When I was in Spain, I bought presents for everyone!
2. present (noun) - the current moment. Example: I prefer living in the present rather than the past!
3. present (adjective) - currently there. Example: Is everyone present in class today?
4. present (verb) - to show. Example: I presented him with a gift, but he wasn't pleased at all.
Answer:
A Christmas Carol was written by Charles Dickens in 1843.
Explanation:
A Christmas Carol was set in mid 19th century, during this time people had a really bad time; most of the people was unemployed and the people who were employed were paid deficiently, others were seasonal or casual, which meant they were when work was available so most of the families lived in poverty which means that they didn’t have access to nice food and clothes and children were also used for the family income so the children had to work in work houses. In contrast the rich people had access to doctors, plenty of food and didn’t have to work, had nice clothes to wear and had a nice life.
A Christmas Carol is divided into five staves.
The first stave is a prologue where Dickens introduces the reader to scrooge and his characteristics.
In the second stave Dickens writes about the ghost of the past who takes scrooge to the past and shows him what happened in his important parts of his life.
In the third stave Dickens writes about the ghost of the present where the ghost of present shows scrooge what was happening at the present.
In the fourth stave scrooge is met by the ghost of the future and he is shown what is going to happen in the future to him and people around him.
The final stave is an epilogue, where dickens ends the novel by showing the reader how Scrooge changes his characteristics and revolutionizes
D. Points that elicit an emotional response
Answer:
The sentence that has a nominative absolute is "The game now being over, the contestants quietly filed out of the room. "
Explanation:
A nominative absolute is a noun phrase that could either begin or end the sentence, this is totally independent and has no grammatical connection with the other parts of the sentence and commonly contains a participle or a participial phrase, "being over" is a participial phrase that is located at the beginning of the sentence and works as a nominative absolute.
