What is the story the narrator's mother tells him before her death?
What will be an ideal response?
She tells him the story of how his father's brother was killed and the grief his father felt for the rest of his life.
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Write the correct pronoun in the blank
(Who, Whom) do you want me to call? What will be an ideal response?
In what time of year is this story set?
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Vana wrote the following sentence: Few people knows the history of the Civil War. What is wrong with this sentence?
a. The verb does not agree with the subject. b. The subject is a singular indefinite pronoun. c. The subject is a plural indefinite pronoun. d. The subject comes before the verb. e. The subject comes after the verb.
cordial
Demonstrate your ability to use context clues by reading the following passage and then determining the meaning of the underlined words through the context. The use of what my very proper Southern grandmother would have called “inappropriate” language has become commonplace, indeed almost (1) ubiquitous, today. In my grandmother’s time, you could (2) gauge a person’s upbringing by the language he or she used. If my grandmother had visitors stop by while my brother and I were at her house, we knew to be (3) cordial to them. My grandmother expected more than just a (4) modicum of (5) civility. She expected first-class “Sunday best” behavior and speech. My father occasionally did repair work at my grandmother’s house, and he was known to let out an (6) expletive or two once in a while if something didn’t go right with the repairs. He, as another grown-up, and not just a (7) fledgling, could get away with this. But if my brother or I were ever caught using an unacceptable word, my grandmother had the ability to (8) beckon us to her side with just one stern look. Using that famous (9) scowl of hers, she had a talent for making my brother and me feel like (10) peons. Strange, but the other day I felt myself using that exact scowl on my grandson. My grandmother would have been proud. A. behaving in a negative way B. behaving in a friendly way C. not questioning