Read the first two sentences of Mina’s personal narrative, “My First Tryout.”When I was in ninth grade, I [WOL] out for the lacrosse team, even though I had never played before. My older sister had been a star goalie when she was my age, and I [WOL] to follow in her footsteps. Fill in the blanks in order.

The sentences describe events in Mina’s ninth-grade past, so both verbs should be in the past tense. “Tried” fits the first sentence, and “wanted” fits the second: “I tried out” and “I wanted to follow in her footsteps.” Choice B gives both past-tense forms.

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