Question 8 • (J. Blaum) 0231 10th Grade English 1st 9 Weeks 26-27
The narrative describes a past event, so the verb should be in the simple past tense. “Performed” fits the sentence: “The first time I performed a solo, my stomach was in knots.” “Perform” and “am performing” do not match the past-tense setting, and “had performed” would usually need another past event to compare it with.
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