BIRD CARVER: (lifts head and speaks loudly) Appearances can be deceiving. There's so much more to consider. (lowers head and continues working)
What do these lines reveal about Bird Carver? How do they advance the plot of the play and
hint at the theme?
5 Complete the chart by identifying the part of the plot described in the left column.

Write a sentence using a gerund phrase with a pronoun subject.

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.

Used for an event that has been completed before the present moment in time. simple past past perfect perfect progressive past perfect progressive