SESSMENT Read the following passage carefully and then answer each of the questions which follow The news of the threatening eruption of the dormant volcano gripped the citizens with great shock and fear . Those who lived less than one hundred feet away were asked to relocate to safer ground. They hastily.packed their prized possessions and vacated their homes. For many d __ d weeks, they waited. Yet nothing happened Was he news false?Hoping for the best , they continued to wait. B. Copy from the passage:- a)A past tense verb. (1 mark) b) A phrase beginning with a preposition (1 mark) c) A present participle functioning as an adjective (1 mark) d) A simple sentence (2 marks) e) An infinitive that is object of a verb (2 marks) f) An adjectival clause (2 marks) g) A compound sentence (2 marks) h) A co conjunction (1 mark) i)An interrogative statement (1 mark) j) A complex sentence (2 marks)

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SESSMENT Read the following passage carefully and then answer each of the questions which follow The news of the threatening eruption of the dormant volcano gripped the citizens with great shock and fear . Those who lived less than one hundred feet away were asked to relocate to safer ground. They hastily.packed their prized possessions and vacated their homes. For many d __ d weeks, they waited. Yet nothing happened Was he news false?Hoping for the best , they continued to wait. B. Copy from the passage:- a)A past tense verb. (1 mark) b) A phrase beginning with a preposition (1 mark) c) A present participle functioning as an adjective (1 mark) d) A simple sentence (2 marks) e) An infinitive that is object of a verb (2 marks) f) An adjectival clause (2 marks) g) A compound sentence (2 marks) h) A co conjunction (1 mark) i)An interrogative statement (1 mark) j) A complex sentence (2 marks)

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a) A past tense verb: "evacuated"b) A phrase beginning with a preposition: "less than one hundred feet away"c) A present participle functioning as an adjective: "hastily packing"d) A simple sentence: "Those who lived less than one hundred feet away were asked to relocate to safer ground."e) An infinitive that is object of a verb: "to relocate"f) An adjectival clause: "who lived less than one hundred feet away"g) A compound sentence: "They hastily packed their prized possessions and vacated their homes."h) A conjunction: "and"i) An interrogative statement: "Was he news false?"j) A complex sentence: "For many days and weeks, they waited, yet nothing happened."

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