Daze Practice 6

Taylor couldn’t ___ for New Year’s Eve.

• go

• wait

• some

Her family

____ had a big party together to celebrate the beginning of a New

Year.

• should

• always

• then

Her mom and aunts made appetizers. Her dad decorated

____ basement for the occasion.

• their

• those

• even

Her older brother was even excited

to hang ___ with their cousins.

• out

• before

• then

Taylor didn’t have any cousins her

own age, but that didn’t matter to her. She ____ she would still be

entertained all night .

• would

• just

• knew

This year, however, her parents were ____ strange.

• because

• feels

• acting

She kept

catchin them whispering whenever she’d walk into a ____

• nice

• seat

• room

They

would immediately stop and pretend to be talking about something ____

• else

• stop

• visit

Her brother, James had noticed the same thing. “Mom and dad

sure are acting suspicious,” he told her only two days _____ the New

Year’s party.

• before

• two

• like

“They sure are!” Taylor replied . She couldn’t shake the _____

that they were hiding something.

• feeling

• having

• been