Answer:
Explanation:
wealthy,generous,kind,trusting,
1. A predicative nominative is a noun or a pronoun which follows a linking verb and refers to something before that verb. In your case, the correct answer is B, because "a shelter" goes after the linking verb "is", and refers to "a lean-to".
2. A participle has the form of infinitive + ing. In this case, the answer is D, flourishing.
Typically newspapers want their articles to be shorter because they want to appeal to their audience, who wants only the facts and information quickly.
The correct answer is D. Considering the other options all speak about horses and not clothing, this is the only logical conclusion, haha.