Question

read the introduction to milas personal narrative, \true lessons.\

\smile, mila! smile!\ when my little sister was almost three years old, she would wol this every day when i wol in the door from school.

fill in the blanks in order.

repeated... walk
repeat... walked
repeated... walked
repeat... walk

Explanation:

🆕 New Concept Discovered: Verb Tense and Auxiliary Verbs
Matching verb forms with helping verbs and maintaining narrative consistency.

Step 1: Analyze the first blank

The first blank follows the modal auxiliary verb "would":

$$ \text{"...she would [WOL] this every day..."} $$

In English grammar, modal auxiliary verbs (such as would, could, should, will, can) must always be followed by the base form of the verb (the bare infinitive without "to").

• Base form: repeat
• Past form: repeated (incorrect after "would")

Therefore, the first blank must be repeat.

Step 2: Analyze the second blank

The second blank is in a subordinate clause describing a habitual action in the past:

$$ \text{"...when I [WOL] in the door from school."} $$

The narrative is set in the past ("When my little sister was almost three years old..."). To maintain consistent past tense throughout the narrative, the verb in this clause must be in the simple past tense.

• Past tense form: walked
• Present tense form: walk (incorrect because it breaks tense consistency)

Therefore, the second blank must be walked.

Step 3: Combine the choices

Combining the two correct forms gives:

• First blank: repeat
• Second blank: walked

This matches the second option: repeat... walked.

Answer:

repeat . . . walked