Question

read the introduction to joels personal narrative, \the jazz band.\

i wol for the school jazz band my freshman year, my sophomore year, and my junior year. i didnt make it until i was a senior. thats four tryouts! i wol four nerve-racking tryouts, but it was worth it.

fill in the blanks in order.

audition .... endured
audition .... endure
auditioned .... endure
auditioned .... endured

Explanation:

🆕 New Concept Discovered: Verb Tense Consistency
Matching verbs to the timeline of a story

Step 1: Analyze the timeline of the narrative

The passage is a personal narrative looking back at events that have already finished:

• "my freshman year, my sophomore year, and my junior year"
• "I didn't make it until I was a senior"
• "it was worth it"

Because all of these events occurred in the past, the verbs filling the blanks must be in the past tense to maintain consistent verb tense.

Step 2: Determine the correct form for the first blank

The first sentence is:
"I [WOL] for the school jazz band my freshman year..."

• The verb "audition" needs to be in the past tense.
• The past tense of the regular verb "audition" is auditioned.

Step 3: Determine the correct form for the second blank

The third sentence is:
"I [WOL] four nerve-racking tryouts, but it was worth it."

• The verb "endure" needs to be in the past tense to match the surrounding past-tense verbs ("was").
• The past tense of the regular verb "endure" is endured.

Combining both correct past-tense forms gives: auditioned . . . endured.

Answer:

auditioned . . . endured