Question

1. what is the difference between a participle and a gerund?
2. combine the two sentences using an appositive phrase.

meriwether lewis was born in 1774.
he was the son of a virginia planter.

1. circle the correctly spelled words.

incidentally preferrable reccommend
succeed superceed unanimus

1. when would you skim an article?

a. to evaluate the material presented
b. to preview material before a study session
c. to prepare to explain the information to someone else

Explanation:

Question 1

A participle is a verb form (present: -ing, past: -ed/-en) used as an adjective (e.g., "the running dog", "the broken cup"). A gerund is a verb form ending in -ing that functions as a noun (e.g., "Running is fun", "I like swimming"). The key difference is their function: participles modify nouns (adjective role), gerunds act as nouns (subject, object, etc.).

An appositive phrase renames or identifies a noun. We combine the two sentences by using the second sentence's information as an appositive for "Meriwether Lewis". The appositive phrase ("the son of a Virginia planter") is placed next to the noun it renames.

We check standard English spellings:

• "incidentally" (correct: means "by the way").
• "preferrable" is incorrect (correct: "preferable").
• "reccommend" is incorrect (correct: "recommend").
• "succeed" (correct: means "to achieve").
• "superceed" is incorrect (correct: "supersede").
• "unanimus" is incorrect (correct: "unanimous").

So the correctly spelled words are "incidentally" and "succeed".

Answer:

A participle (present: -ing, past: -ed/-en) functions as an adjective (modifies nouns), while a gerund (-ing verb form) functions as a noun (subject, object, etc.).

Question 2