Read the sentence. The players, after a hard game played in the rain and mud, were tired and dirty, and they lumbered toward the locker room for showers.

In the sentence, which words are connected by the linking verb?

they with locker room and showers

game with rain and mud

players with tired and dirty

The pilgrims are at in the beginning of the prologue.

Why does the host answer the guest with brief responses during the party?

Read the passage. when i consider how my light is spent ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, and that one talent which is death to hide, lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent to serve therewith my maker, and present my true account, lest he returning chide; “doth god exact day labor, light denied? ” in line 7 of sonnet xix by john milton, the speaker asks, “doth god exact day labor, light denied? ” what does his question mean? why must god make us suffer to work? what shall one charge god to work in the dark? how does god expect him to work when he is blind? is god trying me?