D) Verb: has been raining Mood: indicative
The entire verb phrase is "has been raining". "Has" and "been" are both helping verbs that create the present progressive tense. This tense is used to show something that is happening and has been happening for a period of time. The indicative mood is correct because the indicative mood indicates something that fact. Interrogative mood is question form. Conditional form is based on something else happening.
The answer is b. team.
The past participles battered and bruised are both intended to modify the noun team, the head of the noun phrase the football team which serves as the subject of the main clause.
Words such as because, since, while, before, during, after, and instead of can link independent clauses or phrases and are called conjunctions.
Answer: B) His desire to explore is greater than his fear of where he is going.
Explanation: in the given passage from "By the Waters of Babylon," we can see that the narrator is explaining how he isn't afraid of gods, demons or death, he knows that he will eventually die, but in the meantime, he decided to travel and learn as much as he can. From the given options, the one that expresses what the passage reveals about his character, is the corresponding to option B: His desire to explore is greater than his fear of where he is going.
