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.

1getting out of bed is the first goal i tackle each day. 2several small goals are achieved by me as the day progresses. 3when i am riding the bus home or walking the dog, i think about the bigger goals i have for my life. which statement correctly describes the verb tense, aspect, and voice in this paragraph? a) sentences 1 and 2 contain present progressive verbs. sentence 3 contains both present progressive and simple present verbs. sentence 2 uses passive voice. b) sentences 1 and 2 contain simple present verbs. sentence 3 contains present progressive verbs. all three sentences use active voice. c) sentences 1 and 2 contain present progressive verbs. sentence 3 contains simple present verbs. all three sentences use active voice. d) sentences 1 and 2 contain simple present verbs. sentence 3 contains both present progressive and simple present verbs. sentence 2 uses passive voice.

Which literary approach focuses primarily on the dynamics of power in a text?

Laugh and be merry, remember, better the world with a song,    better the world with a blow in the teeth of a wrong.    laugh, for the time is brief, a thread the length of a span.    laugh and be proud to belong to the old proud pageant of man. (laugh and be merry/john masefield/public domain) which of these is the main idea of the poem?