Read the paragraph. carefully maneuvering his skateboard through the neighborhood, gino headed to the community center. he was meeting his friends there to study for a spanish test. his notebook and textbook were in a cinch sack on his back, and he wore headphones to listen to music on the way. what gino did not know was that his friends had decided to have a small party to celebrate his upcoming birthday. they arrived before him and anxiously waited with a cake and cards. meanwhile, gino rounded the last turn, nodding his head in time with the music while thinking about spanish vocabulary. based on the evidence provided in the paragraph, what is the best prediction? gino will earn a good grade on his spanish test. gino will be unable to find the community center. gino will be surprised by his friends’ plans. gino will play music for his friends.

Read the quotation from "an occurrence at owl creek bridge." and now he became conscious of a new disturbance. striking through the thought of his dear ones was a sound which he could neither ignore nor understand, a sharp, distinct, metallic percussion like the stroke of a blacksmith’s hammer upon the anvil; it had the same ringing quality. he wondered what it was, and whether immeasurably distant or near by—it seemed both. its recurrence was regular, but as slow as the tolling of a death knell. he awaited each stroke with impatience and—he knew not why—apprehension. the intervals of silence grew progressively longer, the delays became maddening. with their greater infrequency the sounds increased in strength and sharpness. they hurt his ear like the thrust of a knife; he feared he would shriek. what he heard was the ticking of his watch. which best describes the effect of the narration in the excerpt? it suggests that the man being executed feels tranquil and at peace. it suggests that the narrator is sympathetic to the man being executed. it suggests that the plot will become less tense as the story continues. it suggests that the story will become more intense and mysterious.

How can you sit there calmly eating muffins when we are in this horrible trouble i cant make out you seen to me to be perfectly heartless who said this quote

Which tense allows for an event that began in the past to carry into the present moment in time