1. To teach a lesson, <span>Aesop used the fable "The Fox and the Crow."
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2. Sitting in a tree with a piece of cheese in her beak <span><span>is a crow</span>.
3. </span><span>Nearby, a fox spies on the crow.
4. The crow is the fox's plan </span><span>to trick.
5. His goal is to get her cheese. (gerund)
There is no gerund in this sentence.
6. To distract the crow's attention, t</span><span><span>he fox flatters her.
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7. </span><span>Slyly, he asks her to sing just one song.
8. </span><span>Opening her mouth to sing, the crow drops the cheese.
9. The fox snaps up the cheese in a flash.
10. </span><span><span>To end the fable, </span>Aesop adds a moral.</span>
With the advancement of the technology, the modes of communication changed drastically over the years. Earlier, the people waited for days before they can be received emails and messages from their loved ones. But now, with the use of computers, gadgets, laptops, cell phones and other product of technology in a matter of seconds we were able to deliver the information. It becomes easier to people to communicate wth each other in a shorter period of time.
In this sentence, we would want to place the colon after the word Fruit. This is because we are introducing a list to the sentence, so it must be separated by the colon in order to properly finish the sentence.
I hope I've helped! :)