Read the sentence. for making the class laugh constantly, billy received the goofball award. which choice identifies the gerund phrase in this sentence? •billy received. •making the class laugh constantly. •laugh constantly. •the goofball award.

Read the excerpt from chapter 2 of the awakening. they chatted incessantly: about the things around them; their amusing adventure out in the water—it had again assumed its entertaining aspect; about the wind, the trees, the people who had gone to the chênière; about the children playing croquet under the oaks, and the farival twins, who were now performing the overture to “the poet and the peasant.” what is the correct meaning of the word “aspect” based on its usage in the excerpt? character negativity performance boredom