punishment (imposition of a penalty as a response to an action or behavior that seemed unacceptable) = retribution (punishment as a vengeance for a wrong or criminal act)
taciturn (someone who is not loud or talkative) = silent (someone who is not speaking or not making any noise)
contrived (something that was created deliberately) = planned (something that is existing or was created according to a plan)
countenance (someone's facial expression) = expression
retinue (a group of advisers or a group of people escorting someone important) = attendants (an assistant to an important person)
pleasing (something satisfying) = conciliatory (something intending to conciliate and pacify opposing views)
Look! The dog <u>is </u><u>swimming</u> in the river! (swim)
- Use present continuous tense because the action is still going on & hasn't stopped.
fetching water from the well to the woman's house, chopping firewood for conventional cooking purposes, pounding rice grains, and many others.
This could be either present or past tense however i feel as though it is present
Convention’s should be conventions.