The answer is B. "He asked himself where it had come from and how; the past provided no explanation, and the future could not justify it."
This option is not a dark humor because it does not show the opposite side of happiness. The other choices explain that although there is happiness, he considered it as a burden- making it a dark humor.
The correct sentence is A) My car is old and gets bad gas mileage. Having bad gas mileage is an ongoing thing that will never change unless you get a different car, so none of the other choices make sense.
1. flying
As the directions state, a participle is a verb. Both flying and headed are verbs. However, headed is used as an action verb in the sentence. It is what the geese are doing. Flying is an adjective describing the geese as "flying by". You should be able to cross out the participial phrase and the sentence will still make sense as in "The geese are headed south for the winter."
2. B. Clapping wildly.
Clapping wildly is the participial phrase. It describes the audience. Option C contains the main verb of the sentence "shouted" so this is not a participial phrase. Option D has an infinitive "to come".
3. cat
The participial phrase in the sentence is "hearing the footsteps of its owner". The cat is what hears the footsteps.
-use hanging indents
-listed alphabetically
- include medium of publication
-include web addresses of Internet sources
-double spaced
