Select the correct description for the words in bold.   an estimated 300 million television viewers worldwide watched the event. a. indirect object b. object complement c. direct object d. subject complement

C. Direct Object.

Explanation: In a sentence, the direct object is a noun, or a noun phrase that receives the action of the verb. To identify a direct object we can ask a "what question" to the verb. For example if we have the sentence: She eats cheese, we ask: what does she eat? and the answer will be the direct object, that in this case is "cheese." In the given excerpt, the word in bold "event" is the direct object because it is the answer of the question: what did the viewers watch?

a lot

explanation:

the sentence that best describes the tone of the passage from the radio broadcast compared to the passage from the book is b. the radio broadcast has a more surprised tone.

consider the text evidence: in the passage from the book, the description is more matter-of-fact. it is simply describing the things resembling little grey snakes, but there is no urgency in the description. on the other hand, in the passage from the radio broadcast, there is definetely urgency (you can tell from the expression used, "good heavens", which clearly indicates surprise.)