Read the introduction to Lena’s personal narrative, “My First Solo.” The first time I ______ a solo, my stomach was in knots. I
could barely breathe, and I wasn’t sure a sound would come out when I opened my mouth to sing. Despite my nerves, I was able to do it. My part certainly wasn’t perfect and may have been a little screechy, but I was proud of myself nonetheless. Which word correctly fills in the blank? perform performed am performing had performed
It would be performed, since it’s something that happened in the past and it already ended. As for the reasoning for why it’s not “had performed”, I don’t exactly have an explanation, but you can make out that it doesn’t really fit in with the rest of the verb conjugations in the text.
