HELP PLZ! It looks like a lot, so I made it worth 45 points! Combine the following sentences by changing the italicized group of words into a gerund or gerund phrase. Then write the complete sentence in the paragraph box. We cut our own tree at Christmas time, and this is a special celebration in our home.

I watch for the sales. This way I save money. (prepositional phrase with a gerund object)

I lost my wallet. This caused me great inconvenience.

The weather bureau uses balloons. They determine the temperature aloft.

It doesn't always save time if someone is doing something in a hurry.

The journalist took a job in the hotel. This way he would get facts for an article.

Bob used raspberry flavor in the cod liver oil. It masks the taste of the medicine.

John bought a black cat. In this way, he proved he wasn't superstitious.

Which statement state a claim? check all that apply. (1) the driver education programs are often to sophomore’s at local high schools. (2) students should have a vision test before they can operate motor vehicles. (3) driving classes should i head instruction about the dangers of texting and driving. (4) mr. graber is the behind-the-wheel instructor at our high school. (5) behind-the-wheel courses ought to include driving time on local highways.

What attitude of the aristocracy is illustrated by lady bracknell's lines in the play?

Which two parts of this excerpt from mary shelley’s frankenstein reveals information about the setting? (it was on a dreary night of november that i beheld the accomplishment of my toils.) with an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, (i collected the instruments of life around me, that i might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet. it was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out) when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, i saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs. (how can i describe my emotions at this catastrophe), or how delineate the wretch whom with such infinite pains and care i had endeavored to form? his limbs were in proportion, and i had selected his features as beautiful. beautiful! great god! (his yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing; his teeth of a pearly whiteness; ) but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed almost of the same color as the dun-white sockets in which they were set, his shriveled complexion and straight black lips.