Underline each verb phrase in the following paragraph. Draw a second line under the helping verb. EX. 1. Have you ever played tennis? [1] Tennis can be traced back to an old French game. [2] Over the years, the rules of the game have remained largely the same. [3] However, the players' equipment has changed greatly. [4] During the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, players would hit the ball with the palms of their hands. [5] The sheepskin ball was filled with sawdust. [6] Later, pieces of wood and gloves were used instead of hands. [7] By the middle of the fifteenth century, strung rackets had been invented. [8] Today, many professional players do not use wooden rackets. [9] Modern racket frames are made from a combination of materials, such as fiberglass, graphite, and metal. [10] Different kinds of stringing have also been tried.

Read the excerpt from a supporting opinion of the supreme court’s ruling in plessy v. ferguson, 1896. laws permitting, and even requiring, their separation in places where they are liable to be brought into contact do not necessarily imply the inferiority of either race to the other, and have been generally, if not universally, recognized as within the competency of the state legislatures in the exercise of their police power. how does this relate to the premises of brown v. board of education? the brown case addresses whether state legislatures are equipped to judge the quality of education offered at segregated schools. the brown case addresses whether authorities believe that one race is inferior to another when creating public schools. the brown case addresses whether these laws inherently deny certain citizens equal protection under the law. the brown case addresses the legality of using police power to monitor public places separated by race.