Answer:
Tom <em>has </em>finished the test.
We <em>have </em>met our new neighbors.
<em>Has </em>Kevin ever missed an English class?
I <em>have</em> never taken an online course.
<em>Have </em>you done your homework?
Explanation:
Past and present tense
1. The correct answer is A. Melissa said that she would never go on a cruise.
B is incorrect because the question mark has to be inside the quotation marks, not outside of it. C is incorrect because there has to be a comma after the word <em>replied, </em>and there is none. This leaves us with sentence A, which is the correct answer here - it is the correct reported speech.
2. The correct answer is B. Li promised to cut back but asked, “Can I have one soft drink at dinner?”
A is incorrect because you don't need quotation marks for this, or you would have to delete the word <em>to </em>and add a comma, leaving quotation marks in order for this sentence to be correct. C is incorrect because the word <em>sure </em>also has to be inside quotation marks. Therefore, the correct option is B.
The author's decision to set much of the story on a school bus symbolizes the boys' monotony of the boys' lives.
The given question is based on the story 'Not the Same Old' by B. McSwain. The story starts surrounded by two kids taking bus routes in each day. They usually takes school bus to go and come back home from school. One of the boys says that it is same everyday in their neighborhood. They find it boring that nothing special happens in their everyday life.
Analyzing this situation too, we can conclude that the author decided to set much of the story on the school bus to show the monotony in the boys' lives. It symbolizes the regularity in the boys' lives.
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