Supposed that the underlined verb here is "gaining." Then the correct answer would be <span>present participle. This is </span>the principal part of the underlined verb. Thank you for posting your question. I hope this answer helped you. Let me know if you need more help.
Since the definition of procedure is to do something in a certain order, the correct answer is '<span>Marco carefully read the directions before installing the software.'.
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The opposite of sloppily in English would be cleanly or neatly - lo contrario de sloppily en inglés sería cleanly or neatly.
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