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ACT Aspire English: It's All in the Past (Tense)
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Choose the best alternative to the text below.that such a thing is possible

ACT Aspire English: Revising for Clarity
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Choose the best alternative to the text below.came to be born

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ACT Aspire Reading: What's Black and White and Read All Over? 3 Views


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Mr. Rayburn is most likely reading the newspaper in order to:


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All right a c t s firing readers more on

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this fine passage misses and the ghost is going to

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get right to The question is when you've skimmed and

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here we'll just slap up these paragraphs for your real

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quick so you could pause it if you want Mr

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Rayburn is most likely reading the newspaper in order to

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do what All right Well mr rayburn seems like a

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pretty chilled dude already so he doesn't need to relax

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The lady doesn't ruffle his feathers much and he doesn't

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know about lady until lucy tells him about her Anyway

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his warm affection towards his daughter's suggest that he wouldn't

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dream of ignoring little lucy but well we can't blame

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him if he doesn't want to watch her every move

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Ever seen parents watching their kids in the park Yeah

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No matter what they tell you watching the shmoop junior

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slide down the slide again and again again gets old

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really fast That's why we see parents with tablets smartphones

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or rest Well if they're feeling old school newspapers art 00:00:58.775 --> [endTime] it See

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