Question

“Smile, Mila! Smile!” When my little sister was almost three years old, she would __________ this every day when I __________ in the door from school. Fill in the blanks in order. repeated . . . walk repeat . . . walked repeated . . . walked repeat . . . walk

Answer 1

“Smile, Mila! Smile!” When my little sister was almost three years old, she would repeat this every day when I walked in the door from school. Fill in the blanks in order.

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct sentence is "Smile, Mila! Smile!” When my little sister was almost three years old, she would repeat this every day when I walked in the door from school."

Explanation:

The correct use of tense for these verbs in the context is "repeat" in infinite form and "walk" in the past. The general sentence is in past since it is a memory, the first blank is in a sentence structure with would, whenever we use a modal the verb for is infinitive, then the rest of the sentence is in past form, the subordinated sentence continues with the past structure.