The Geats passed by the guard at the shore. He called out a greeting to them as they loaded their treasure aboard the ship. Beowulf gave a jeweled sword to the man who guarded the boat. This gift earned the man much respect in the beer hall.
I could topple over those stacks of books if you don't move them!
D. A bird.
The voice from the cuckoo bird is breaking silence.
Regret,
unhappiness,
sadness,
ruefulness,
grief,
sorrow,
gloominess,
mournfulness,
lugubriousness,
sorrowfulness,
rue,
ruthfulness.
Antonyms: happiness.
Since a predicative nominative is the first noun after a linking verb (in this case 'is'), the correct answer is A, 'award'.
