Question: Why did the character feel nervous before the competition?
Model answer:
The character felt nervous because he had not practiced enough (line 6: “his fingers had barely touched the keys in weeks”) and because the audience included his former teacher (line 9).
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Do not simply copy the correct answer. For every mistake, write one sentence explaining why the Sadler & Hayllar answer is right. Example: "I wrote 'its' without an apostrophe, but the answer key shows 'it's' because this is a contraction of 'it is'."
Typical question: "Replace the noun in brackets with the correct pronoun: '(Maria) left (Maria’s) backpack on the bus." Question: Why did the character feel nervous before
Expected Answer: She left her backpack on the bus.
Teacher’s note: Exercise variations often include reflexive pronouns (myself, yourself). A full answer key will differentiate between subjective (I, he, she), objective (me, him, her), and possessive (my, his, her) pronouns. The character felt nervous because he had not
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