<span>A. How are children affected by a parent's mental illness?</span>
The phrase " As good as dead" means that there is no use of the person or thing.
<span>1. Which is the most effective way to invert sentence (6) in order to vary sentence patterns?
Best of all are the days we go horseback riding.
The other options do not convey the same relevant information.
2. Which sentence has an elliptical adverb clause with an understood word or words?
As we travel higher than does the sea level, the boiling point of water drops.
The first sentence does not have an adverb clause, and the third one does not have understood words.
3. My friend Cheri won a medal. She earned the title “Athlete of the Games”.
Which sentence correctly combines the two sentences into a sentence with a compound verb?
My friend Cheri won a medal and earned the title “Athlete of the Games”.
When a subject has two verbs (without repeating the subject), then the verb is a compound verb.
4. Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
</span><span>Buffalo grass seed: prefers warm soil temperatures; plant the seed during the hottest months of summer.
The second sentence shouldn't have a capital letter after a colon, and the third sentence should have some conjunction after the comma. </span>
