Select from the drop-down menu to correctly complete the sentence. Jackson Heights School won A) a chess tournament, won the tri
via bowl, and it won a football game last weekend. B) a chess tournament, trivia bowl, and it won a football game last weekend. C) a chess tournament, trivia bowl, and winning the football game last weekend. D) a chess tournament, trivia bowl, and a football game last weekend.
Jackson Heights School won a chess tournament, trivia bowl, and a football game last weekend (D).
There is no need to repeat won before every item in the list. It is very repetetive. Just an important reminder for future grammar exercises, you never want to change the tense of the verb when listing things. In other words, you wouldn't want to say "They won the football game, got second place in the trivia bowl, and <u>losing</u> the chess tournament. In this case, we would want the verb to be in the past tense like all of the other verbs in the list (lost instead of losing).
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Helen Keller could not see or hear. "With Anne Sullivan's help, Helen learned to communicate" ("Helen's Story"). Helen Keller described the day she met Anne Sullivan as "the most important day I remember in all my life" (Keller 23). Helen went on to become a very successful student and an inspiration to many people. [end]
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