Weegy: (Speeding) down the slopes can also be dangerous. Speeding is a gerund.
User: Select the correct form.
The desert is _____ than the mountains.
more dry
drier
Weegy: The desert is drier than the mountains.
User: Match each verb to its verb form. to do (is it infinitive, past participle, or past)
User: Interpret the analogy.
gone:been::did:_____
does
ran
goes
done
User: Which language is not a Germanic language?
English
French
German
Weegy: French is not a Germanic language.
User: Identify the italicized word.
Skiing can be great fun.
gerund
participle
Weegy: If the italicized word is skiing, then it is a gerund.
User: Anglo-Saxon words make up what fraction of the most commonly used words in our language?
four-fifths
two-fifths
one-fourth
User: Old English syntax relied upon _____.
word endings
word order
Weegy: Old English syntax relied upon word endings.
User: The Indus people were _____-speaking people.
Indu
Indo-European
Iranian
Weegy: The Indus people were Indo-European speaking people.
User: Interpret the analogy.
singing:poetry::_____:prose
conversation
drama
Shakespeare
short story
Weegy: singing : poetry :: CONVERSATION : prose. Poetry and prose are two different types of writing. Singing is a type of vocalization and the only vocalization choice is "conversation".
User: Which is not a Celtic language?
Welsh
Breton
Greek
Weegy: Greek is not a Celtic language.
User: Interpret the analogy.
noun:gerund::adjective:______
adverb
verbal
verb
participle
Weegy: noun : gerund :: adjective : participle.
User: Chaucer was an important fourteenth century poet who helped shape what we think of as Middle English.
True
False
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The word "worse" is comparative.
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Language experts are in agreement on where the Proto-Indo-European languages came from. FALSE.
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"to do" is an infinitive.
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gone : been :: did : RAN.
This analogy is about verb tenses. The first two are both past participles; the second two are both simple past tense.
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Chaucer was an important fourteenth century poet who helped shape what we think of as Middle English. True.
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