1. What type of informational/factual text is the passage above?
a. expository
c. factual recount
b. factual description
d. persuasive
2. What is the purpose of this type of text?
a. to persuade
b. to entertain
c. to describe
d. to narrate
3. What kind of verb is the word "can" in the last paragraph?
a. sensing
C. modals
b. linking
d. action
4. What part of speech are the underlined? "whopping 8.8 million, shopping bags, amazing marine life" a. adjectives
C. nouns
b. connectives
d. verbs
5. What part of speech are the following -- pollution, news, ocean, scientists?
a. adjectives
c. nouns
b. connectives
d. verbs​