Read the passage. In 1856, the government was taking steps to create a public-school system. Progressing, the legislature passed the first public-school law in 1860. This encouraged other districts that were building schools in other parts of the territory. The University of New Mexico was built for the increasing population of Albuquerque in 1889. Established schools became more numerous in some areas by the early 1900s.

Which underlined word is a past participle?

a. Established
b. building
c. Progressing
d. passed

Will give if correct read the passage first of all, if someone says your dream is impossible, they’re wrong. you can’t prove that something is impossible-all you know is that [it] hasn’t been done yet. people said no one could scale mount everest, but in 1953, sir edmund hilary and tenzing norgay gazed down upon the world from its summit. people said that man could not fly, but in 1903, orville and wilbur wright made the first sustained powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine. people said, “okay, we admit that someone could climb mount everest, and we admit that man has learned to fly, but no one will ever, ever walk on the face of the moon.” if we can send three men a quarter of a million miles away and bring them home safely, is there any great task we cannot accomplish? which identifies the textual evidence that best supports the claim: the authors purpose is to persuade? a: the author shares historical information about the wright brothers. b: the author states that men have walked the moon. c: the author states that others who think your dreams are impossible are wrong. d: the author wants to know what tasks we cannot accomplish.