Answer:
The main theme of Edward Hirsch’s poem “Fast Break” is<u> the importance of teamwork</u>. Hirsch relates this theme to the reader through a colorful description of a fast break play in a basketball game.
Answer:
"We decided to place the motor to one side of the man, so that in case of a plunge headfirst, the motor could not fall upon him" "To provide against the machine rolling over forward in landing, we designed skids like sled runners, extending out in front of the main surfaces"
Explanation:
The two passages explain the injury preventative measures taken by the brothers to prevent any sort of accident, further proving a point of safety in their design
Because she is a lonely woman
The correct answers are:
- The man whose house we stayed in is my uncle.
- The guy who sold me my car is a crook.
- Which pen did he give you? The blue one.
- ..., whose ball I found. (Clearly, there is a mistake at the beginning of the sentence but the context helps to identify the correct relative pronoun.)
- His last book, which I didn't read, was very successful.
- I don't know which way to go.
- Which of the Beatle's album is your favourite?
<u>Who, which and whose are relative pronouns. </u>
- Who only refers to people. It is used in 2 because it refers to <em>"The guy"</em>
- Whose refers to people or things. It is used in 1 because it refers to <em>"the man"</em>. The <em>"house"</em> belongs to <em>"the man"</em>. In sentence 4, <em>"whose" </em>indicates that the <em>"ball"</em> belongs to somebody.
- Which refers to objects and animals. It refers to the "pen" in sentence 3, to <em>"his last book"</em> in sentence 5 and to <em>"the Beatle's album"</em> in 7.
