Read the introduction to Miguel’s personal narrative, “The Baby Birds.”I decided to ride my skateboard to school this morning. As I ______ onto Bryce Road, I saw the Parkers’ cat crouched under a tree, hissing at something on the ground. Approaching the cat, I noticed that a nest full of tiny birds was on the ground; it must have fallen from a branch. I shooed the cat away and ______ my older stepbrother, a veterinarian, because he would know just how to help them. Which words correctly fill in the blanks?
The narrative describes events that already happened, so the verbs should be in the past tense. “Turned” fits after “As I,” and “called” matches the past-tense verbs “decided,” “saw,” and “shooed.” The correct choice is “turned; called.”
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