Read the introduction to Miguel’s personal narrative, “The Baby Birds.” I decided to ride my skateboard to school this morning.
As I ______ onto Bryce Road, I saw the Parkers’ cat crouched under a tree, hissing at something on the ground. Approaching the cat, I noticed that a nest full of tiny birds was on the ground; it must have fallen from a branch. I shooed the cat away and ______ my older stepbrother, a veterinarian, because he would know just how to help them. Which words correctly fill in the blanks? turned, called
The words <em>turned</em> and <em>called</em> correctly fill in the blanks because the narrative is describing an experience that the author <em>had </em>. All the actions must follow the same tense of the verb, having consistency and verb agreement. First he "decided to ride...", and "As [he] turned onto...{he] saw...noticed..shooed and called." <em>All the verbs express actions in the past.</em>
