J Underline the collective nouns in the following sentences: 1. The farmer had a team of axen to plough the field.
2. One of my cousins is a member of the church choir.
3. The policemen could not control the mob.
4. Mr Bedi owns a fleet of luxury cars.
5. The baby elephant hid behind a clump of trees.
6. The crowd was very noisy.
7. A troupe of dancers from Rajasthan was the main attraction of the festival.

Read this excerpt from holes. a patrol car pulled alongside him. a policeman asked him why he was running. then he took the shoes and made a call on his radio. shortly thereafter, stanley was arrested. it turned out the sneakers had been stolen from a display at the homeless shelter. that evening rich people were going to come to the shelter and pay a hundred dollars to eat the food that the poor people ate every day for free. clyde livingston, who had once lived at the shelter when he was younger, was going to speak and sign autographs. his shoes would be auctioned, and it was expected that they would sell for over five thousand dollars. all the money would go to the homeless. why does sachar include this description of the shoes in the flashback? a. to show where the shoes came from b. to show how valuable the shoes were c. to reveal why stanley was arrested d. to give background on the homeless shelter

Read the excerpt from chapter 6 of  animal farm. by the autumn the animals were tired but happy. they had had a hard year, and after the sale of part of the hay and corn, the stores of food for the winter were none too plentiful, but the windmill compensated for everything. it was almost half built now. how does the pacing of this passage affect the reader’s interpretation of the text? a flashback to earlier events provides a pause in the pacing to slow events down. foreshadowing of events provides information as to what will happen to the windmill. the pace of the text quickens to convey the characters’ resolve to finish the windmill. the pace of the text quickens to move the story to its climax, the completion of the windmill.

Correct the sentence below: when looking for a new babysitter: i look for the following- experience, expertise, and a love for children. question 11 options: when looking for a new babysitter i look for the following- experience, expertise, and a love for children. when looking for a new babysitter i look for the following: experience, expertise, and a love for children. when looking for a new babysitter i look for the following experience, expertise, and a love for children. when looking for a new babysitter i look for: the following experience, expertise, and a love for children. correct the sentence below: the pizza delivery boy was neither early nor late he was right on time. question 12 options: correct as it is the pizza delivery boy was neither early nor late, he was right on time. the pizza delivery boy was neither early nor late; and he was right on time. the pizza delivery boy was neither early nor late: he was right on time.