What sentence contains the present participle of the verb to collect.
a. he has collected rare coins.
b. he is collecting rare coins.

The sentence that contains a present participle of the verb to collect is sentence B.

Explanation:

A participle typically expresses present action with respect to the time expressed by the finite verb in its clause and that is formed by adding the suffix -ing. The present participle is used in the formation of the progressive or continuous tenses.  In the sentence above, you can see that the event is taking place now if you add now  (see A).

a) He is collecting rare coins now

third person

explanation:

note the usage of names and pronouns, "james" & "the old man". this alone can confirm it as third person, as first person uses "i" and the like, while second person uses "you" and the like.

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the addition that would strengthen melissa’s thesis statement, both the dark game and the code book explain the importance of codebreaking, is :

main ideas of each book

melissa should discuss the main ideas of each book because these ideas will fully support her thesis statement. through these details, readers will also understand the importance of codebreaking that melissa referred to, which was inspired by the books.

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