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After the movie last night, Kevin ________ at a small café for a bite to eat.

A: Is Pedro home? B: No. ________ right now.

Read the paragraph and choose the best topic sentence. Two Very Different Holidays(1) _________________________________ (2) Halloween is a frightening holiday that is celebrated on October 31 in the United States, whereas Día de los Muertos, also known as Day of the Dead, is a joyful Mexican holiday that is celebrated over two days on November 1 and 2. (3) Although these holidays take place around the same time of year, they have very different origins and traditions. (4) Halloween originated hundreds of years ago in England and Ireland. (5) People dressed up as scary ghosts in order to frighten away bad spirits. (6) In contrast, Día de los Muertos comes from ancient Aztec traditions of honoring ancestors who have died. (7) Unlike Halloween today, where children dress up in costumes and go from house to house in search of candy, Día de los Muertos is a time for families to come together in celebration of lost loved ones. (8) Mexicans decorate their homes in bright colors, have street parties with dancing, and make decorative sugar skulls and sweet breads that look like bones. (9) They also make offerings, called ofrendas, to the deceased, which include food and objects that were once loved by their family members. (10) ________________________

Identify the cause and effect in this sentence: High temperatures create smog, which is a combination of fog and smoky air.

It ________ all morning. When the rain ________ in the afternoon, the children went outside to play.

A: ________ your biology lab every day? B: No. Only on Tuesdays and Fridays.

A: I need someone to help me carry these chairs to my office tomorrow. B: I ________ you.

Students can call in to their practicum site and not notify their practicum instructor.

Before your Practicum Instructor places you in a clinic, the students must first complete the following:

A: ________ the report? B: Yes, he did.