8. The term Achilles' heel means the weak spot of someone. The books about Percy Jackson are about Greek Mythology told in the modern world. The TV series Vikings uses Norse mythology. Comic books and sports teams often use mythological heroes or creatures,
Answer:
B or C?
Explanation:
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This is a participle. It cannot be a gerund, because gerunds have a nominal or adjectival meaning (for example, Swimming is fun - swimming would be a gerund). The -ing form itself is not a 'verb phrase', but 'sneezing uncontrollably' is. So if we are looking only at 'sneezing', the answer is 'participle'.
Anne Frank was a Jewish girl who lived through the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands. She left her diary behind as she was taken to a concentration camp, and this diary serves now as a memory of the war, as well as evidence of the strength of her spirit. A famous quote from her diary states:
"In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can’t build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery, and death."
It is likely that Anne clings to her ideals despite the horrific world around her because she is driven by the conviction that people are ultimately good at heart, and this belief helps her keep hope for a better world.
This question seems to be incomplete. However, there´s enough information to find the right answer.
Answer:
The potato crop had failed, leaving his family unable to buy what they needed. So Nathu left his village to look for a job. Someone sent him to the limestone depot, where he got hired by Pritam Singh to clean and look after his truck.
Explanation:
In The Last Truck Ride, by Ruskin Bond, we learn that the potato crop in Nathu´s village had failed, leaving his family unable to buy anything they couldn´t grow despite the summer drought, which was only onions and artichokes. So Nathu left his village to look for a job in the town in the valley. Once there, someone sent him to the limestone depot, where, despite not being able to get a job at the quarries, he did get hired by Pritam Singh to clean and look after his truck.
