2 out of the 6 sentences below have problems with verb tenses: (inappropriate shift, wrong tense/form, etc.) Identity Them

1 Everyone was shocked to learn that someone was able to steal the jewels.

2 Tomorrow morning I will be in Havana to gather more clues to solve this crime.

3 This morning, the police chief had given me an important assignment.

4 The police called me to help because i had cracked many difficult coses in the past.

5 It was a difficult assignment, and investigators were stumped. so they ask me to help.

6 I am confident that we will collect all the clues and return the jewels to London soon

What is the meaning of the word checking as it is used in this sentence from the second paragraph of the passage?

What is the theme of the poem, my tongue is divided into two by quique aviles? my tongue is divided into twoby virtue, coincidence or heavenwords jumping out of my mouthstepping on each otherenjoying being a voice for the messageexpecting conclusionsmy tongue is divided into twointo heavy accent bits of confusioninto miracles and accidentssaying things that hurt the heartdrowning in a language that lives, jumps, translatesmy tongue is divided by natureby our crazy desire to triumph and conquerthis tongue is cut up into equal piecesone wants to curse and sing out loudthe other one simply wants to ask for watermy tongue is divided into twoone side likes to partythe other one takes refuge in prayingtongueenglish of the funny soundstonguefunny sounds in englishtonguesounds funny in englishtonguein funny english soundsmy tongue sometimes acts like twoand it goes crazynot knowing which side should be speakingwhich side translatingmy tongue is divided into twoa border patrol runs through the middlefrisking wordsasking for proper identificationchecking for pronunciationmy tongue is divided into twomy tongue is divided into twoi like my tongueit says what feels righti like my tongueit says what feels rightby quique aviles

10. what is the purpose of the introduction in an essay? a. to establish the main idea of the essay. b. to focus on current statistics c. to explain the main idea to the reader d. to highlight the most important concepts