III. Choose the correct form of verb: 5 x 1 = 5 1. One of the students …………….(was/is) talking.

2. My friend and his father …………….(are/is) meeting is tomorrow.

3. The novelist and poet ……… (was/were) dead.

4. Ravi as well as his brother …………. (play/plays) cricket.

5. Nobody ……. what happened to her. (know/knows)

What does wang use the symbol of the carp to illustrate?

Which sentence uses an intransitive verb? a. i ran under the sprinkler. b. sherry turned the dial on the furnace. c. mrs. parker washed the windows. c. i cut the cardboard into two pieces.

“felix seemed ravished with delight when he saw her, every trait of sorrow vanished from his face, and it instantly expressed a degree of ecstatic joy, of which i could hardly have believed it capable; his eyes sparkled, as his cheek flushed with pleasure; and at that moment i thought him as beautiful as the stranger.” choose two words from the description. explain the impact that one of the chosen words has on the tone, and the impact that the other word has on the meaning of the excerpt. use examples and evidence from the text to support the ideas in your response.