Circle the correct answers. The sky __1__ darker and the wind __2__ strongly. The trees __3__ in the wind and it __4__ to drizzle. The crowd is not too bothered and the people __5__ vegetables at the night market. Suddenly the lightning __6__ across the sky and the thunder rolls. Soon it __7__ cats and dogs. The people __8__ helter-skelter for shelter. They __9__ quickly to the nearby shops. The vegetable sellers __10__ up their vegetables because they __11__ wet in the rain. It __12__to rain for the next few hours. The water __13__ and many people are worried. Slowly it __14__ the place. Many shop owners nearby __15__ their shops.
1. A. am becoming
B. is becoming
C. are becoming
D. become
2. A. is blowing
B. are blowing
C. blow
D. am blowing
3. A. sways
B. are swaying
C. swaying
D. is swaying
4. A. begin
B. beginning
C. are beginning
D. is beginning
5. A. are buying
B. buys
C. is buying
D. am buying
6. A. flash
B. flashes
C. are flashing
D. flashed
7. A. rain
B. are raining
C. rained
D. is raining
8. A. are running
B. runs
C. is running
D. ran
9. A. goes
B. is going
C. are going
D. went
10. A. packed
B. is packing
C. pack
D. are packing
11. A. is getting
B. got
C. gets
D. are getting
12. A. continued
B. continues
C. continue
D. are continuing
13. A. rise
B. is rising
C. rose
D. are rising
14. A. flood
B. floods
C. are flooding
D. am flooding
15. A. is closing
B. closes
C. closed
D. are closing
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1. B

2. A

3. B

4. D

5. A

6. B

7. C

8. D

9. C

10. A

11. D

12. A

13. C

14. A

15. C

Hope that helps! :)

Explanation:

1.Is becoming

2.Is blowing

3.Are swaying

4.4.Is beginning

5.Bits

6.Flashed

7.Raines

8.Ran

9.Went

10.Packed

11.Got

12.continued

13.Is rising

14.flood

15.closed

i'm sorry i don't understand the question.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)