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The Popish Plot is an imaginary plot in which the death of Charles II were supposed to be planned by Roman Catholics and other government officers.
Answer: D
Explanation
The Popish Plot can be understood by marking the words from history - 'a unpleasant and hellish plot' (referred by the House of Commons) done by 'a shame to mankind' ( referred by Lord Justice Jeffreys to Titus Oates).
The imaginary plot had Charles II to be executed and to replace the former with his brother James.
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I looked this question up and found out that the underlined phrase should be "was attending". The answer choices for this question are the following:
A. noun clause
B. verb phrase
C. adjectival phrase
D. adverbial clause
Answer:
The underlined phrase is a:
B. verb phrase
Explanation:
A verb phrase consists of a main verb or of a main verb and the auxiliary or modal verbs that accompany it. Take a look at the examples below:
- Joshua sang beautifully last night. --> verb phrase is "sang"
- Eileen has gone to Ireland. --> verb phrase is "has gone"
Thus, we can easily see that "was attending" is also a verb phrase. The main verb is "attending" and the auxiliary is "was".
