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Read the introduction to Lena’s personal narrative, “My First Solo.” The first time I ______ a solo, my stomach was in knots. I could barely breathe, and I wasn’t sure a sound would come out when I opened my mouth to sing. Despite my nerves, I was able to do it. My part certainly wasn’t perfect and may have been a little screechy, but I was proud of myself nonetheless. Which word correctly fills in the blank? perform performed am performing had performed

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It would be performed, since it’s something that happened in the past and it already ended. As for the reasoning for why it’s not “had performed”, I don’t exactly have an explanation, but you can make out that it doesn’t really fit in with the rest of the verb conjugations in the text.  
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