Read the passage. “My older brother patronizes me when I ask him for help with my homework,” Meredith said. “He smirks at me and says things like ‘Gosh, I knew that when I was in second grade. Don’t you know that?’”

What does patronize mean in this passage?

to adopt an air of superiority

to trade or deal with

to aid or support

to be a customer of

How were computers in the 1950s and 1960s different from computers of today? they were much smaller. they were much faster. they cost less money they were bigger and slower.

Imagine you are reading a story about a character named dray. dray is captain of the basketball team and practices for hours after school in order to achieve his goals of playing in the nba. one day, dray decides that he hates basketball. he quits the team and takes up knitting instead. what is the introduction of this new plot point is an example of a. an anticlimaxb. a conclusionc. a contrivanced. a climax

Select the choice which features correct pronoun-antecedent agreement. es a) both of the boys had his shoes on. b) both of the boys had its shoes on. 9) neither of the boys had his shoes on. d) neither of the boys had their shoes on.