Junior Jumpstarter #12

Jennifer Meghan, and Sarah went to the candy shop.

• Jennifer, Meghan,
• Jennifer and Meghan,
• Jennifer’s Meghan
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Jennifer wanted to buy some fudge and sampling the raspberry truffles.

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• would sample
• sample
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Sarah paid fifty cents’ for a bag of jelly beans.

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Meghan buys a apple covered in caramel.

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Then the girls walked to the park to eat their candy, and they wondered if all the sugar would negatively affect their teeth.

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The following sentences form a paragraph called “A Trip to the Candy Shop.” Which sentence in the paragraph contains a shift in verb tense?
1)  Jennifer Meghan, and Sarah went to the candy shop.  2) Jennifer wanted to buy some fudge and sampling the raspberry truffles. 3)  Sarah paid fifty cents’ for a bag of jelly beans. 4)  Meghan buys a apple covered in caramel. 5)  Then the girls walked to the park to eat their candy, and they wondered if all the sugar would negatively affect their teeth.

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