Father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire.
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“Never mind, dear,” said his wife soothingly; “perhaps you’ll win the next one.”
What do the following lines mainly reveal about Mrs. White?
She is typically a busy-body and does not have time for her family.
She is elderly and needs her husband and son to care for her often.
She is typically more reserved and passive than her husband.
She cares about etiquette and properness more than Mr. White.
Answer:
She is typically more reserved and passive than her husband.
Explanation:
According to the excerpt, Mr. White is playing a game of chess with his son and believes in playing a radical game by putting the King in danger and he played so radically that he even got a comment from the woman that was knitting by the fire.
Mrs. White's response to her husband which was to encourage him that he would win next time shows that she is more reserved and passive than her husband.
Answer:
The phone rang once Detective Banks <u>was writing</u> a report at the time and he was not happy about the interruption.
Banks <u>was driving</u> his car through the rainy streets of the city.
It <u>was getting</u> dark and the streets were busy.
People <u>were doing</u> Christmas shopping.
The pathologist <u>was waiting</u> for him.
Two police officers <u>were inspecting</u> the scene and others <u>were taking</u> pictures.
Sergeant Mullins <u>was sitting</u> in the patrol car.
He <u>was drinking</u> a cup of coffee.
When he saw Banks, he <u>was lying</u> on the ground got out and followed him down the alley.
Explanation:
The past progressive tense (also called the past continuous tense) is one of the tenses used to talk about events that took place in the past. Unlike the past simple tense, it refers to a continuing action or state.
It's formed with the past form of the verb <em>to be</em> (<em>was/were</em>) and the present participle (root + -ing) form of the verb (e.g. <em>Banks </em><u><em>was driving</em></u>...)
The letter was shown to Lady Macbeth that Macbeth was entitled Thane of Cawdor and details of meeting the witches
Fearful: they hide in their homes
'We will gain the triumph' best represents an opinion.
Answer: Option A
<u>Explanation:</u>
Opinion is a person’s view about something which is not really based on any factual knowledge or data. Opinion is simply a belief or a person’s way of thinking. The sentence ‘we will gain triumph’ represents an opinion.
It is not a fact or an information, the line simply states that we will achieve success. It’s the belief that the speaker is holding. The rest two statements aren’t opinions, they are the factual information being provided to the readers. As in, ‘Yesterday the Japanese Government also launched an attack against Malaya’ this sentence expresses the fact and not an opinion.
