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Simple predicate is just a complicated way of saying "verb", so the verb in this sentence is "were", or in the infinitive, "to be"
The theme of this excerpt is that a boy is joking around and when the time came to actually cry out wolf, no one listened. " At last a Wolf really did come, and the Boy cried, "Wolf! Wolf!" as loud as he could, but the people were so used to hearing him call that they took no notice of his cries for help." This quote from the story explains how the bots misbehaving got him no where but being ignored.
Talk it out- neither react nor overreact to the dis-agreement
Hope it helps
Answer:
The United States is not vulnerable to a direct attack.
Explanation:
Franklin D. Roosevelt in his speech "Four Freedoms Speech: Annual Message to Congress on the State of the Union," highlighted four freedoms that the president intended the people of America to gain. He wanted the world to know what the individual liberties meant. He pleaded to the people to gain freedom of speech, worship, want, and fear. The passage brings to notice the forth freedom that is freedom of fear.