Answer:
I am not complexly sure but I am going to go with D
Explanation:
A Fire Ant, actually most ants have a pincer.
I`m assuming the underlined word is dearth, so
the answer is a. shortage
No, "the" is not a preposition as it does not describe a place in which something is. "The" would be called an article, like "a" or "an".
The answer to your second question, therefore, is D. Joanna hid the gift behind the couch, as "behind" would be the preposition because it describes where the gift is.
I hope this helps!
The answer is an appositive phrase. An appositive is an extra piece of detail or information describing in this case "lemon cake" and which the sentence still makes sense without. It still makes sense to say "<span>For my birthday, we baked a lemon cake." The "special treat" adds additional information about the "lemon cake."</span>