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QuizMultiple Choice

Ralph Waldo Emerson — Unit test

Question 4 • (J. Blaum) 0231 10th Grade English 1st 9 Weeks 26-27

Read the introduction to Griffin’s personal narrative, “Saving Up.”When I was fifteen, I asked my mom if I could go visit my cousin, who lived across the country. “If you can ______ up enough babysitting money to pay for half of the plane ticket, I will let you go,” she replied. I ______ thrilled! Fill in the blanks in order.

Answer
A
save . . . . was
B
save . . . . am
C
saved . . . . was
D
saved . . . . am

Explanation

After “can,” use the base form of the verb, so the phrase is “can save up.” The narrator is describing a past event (“When I was fifteen”), so the correct phrase is “I was thrilled.” Choice A, “save . . . was,” fits both parts.

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