Question

1 underline the complete predicate.
species that receive protection under
the esa are classified into two categories,
\endangered\ or \threatened,\ depending on
their status and how severely their survival
is threatened.
2 choose the correct pronoun.
______ makes the final decision about the
classification of endangered animals?
o who o whom
3 add punctuation to this quotation.
ever since before the beginning of recorded
history, jan goble suggests man has played a
decisive role in the quality of his environment
and the loss of life in it.
4 circle the correctly spelled words.
reptile fatel shrivle frugal

1. what is the main idea?

an outbreak of ebola virus in the
northwestern republic of congo
has killed 5,000 gorillas, helping to-
push the threatened species closer
to extinction. the lossi outbreak
killed about as many gorillas as
survive in the entire eastern
gorilla species. when losses from
commercial hunting are added to
the statistics, scientists predict a
rapid ecological extinction.

Explanation:

1. The complete predicate is the part of the sentence that tells what the subject does or is. In the sentence "Species that receive protection under the ESA are classified into two categories, 'Endangered' or 'Threatened,' depending on their status and how severely their survival is threatened", the subject is "Species that receive protection under the ESA", and the predicate is "are classified into two categories, 'Endangered' or 'Threatened,' depending on their status and how severely their survival is threatened".
2. "Who" is used as the subject of a sentence or clause. "Whom" is used as the object of a verb or preposition. In the sentence "______ makes the final decision about the classification of endangered animals?", the blank is the subject of the verb "makes", so "Who" is the correct pronoun.
3. The sentence "Ever since before the beginning of recorded history, Jan Goble suggests man has played a decisive role in the quality of his environment and the loss of life in it" is a statement. To add punctuation, we can put a comma after "history" and a period at the end. So it becomes "Ever since before the beginning of recorded history, Jan Goble suggests, man has played a decisive role in the quality of his environment and the loss of life in it."
4. "reptile" is spelled correctly. "fatel" should be "fatal". "shriyle" should be "shrivel". "frugal" is spelled correctly.
5. The main idea of the text is that an outbreak of Ebola virus in the northwestern Republic of Congo has killed 5,000 gorillas, pushing the threatened species closer to extinction, and when losses from commercial hunting are added, scientists predict a rapid ecological extinction.

Answer:

1. Underline: are classified into two categories, 'Endangered' or 'Threatened,' depending on their status and how severely their survival is threatened
2. Who
3. Ever since before the beginning of recorded history, Jan Goble suggests, man has played a decisive role in the quality of his environment and the loss of life in it.
4. Circle: reptile, frugal
5. An outbreak of Ebola virus in the northwestern Republic of Congo has killed 5,000 gorillas, helping to push the threatened species closer to extinction. When losses from commercial hunting are added to the statistics, scientists predict a rapid ecological extinction.