Vocabulary Worksheets
by Rachel Spack Koch
Beginning Level
Azar Grammar Series: Basic English Grammar, 3rd edition
Vocabulary Worksheets help students learn new vocabulary in the context of the grammar
covered in the tables of contents of the Azar textbooks or any comparable syllabus. An Answer
Key and Word List for target vocabulary are provided for each chapter. You may download,
reproduce and adapt the material to suit your classroom needs. Vocabulary Worksheets are
Chapter 9Expressing Past Time, Part 2
1. Question words
2. Reading: A Terrible Morning
3. Vocabulary review
4. Vocabulary review
5. Vocabulary review: Opposites
6. Vocabulary review
7. Vocabulary review
8. Reading: The Same Things Every Day
9. Verbs: Present and past
10. Vocabulary review
11. Reading: HooverA Famous Seal
12. Vocabulary review
13. Which words belong?
14. Scrambled letters
15. Crossword
Answer Key
Word List
Vocabulary Worksheets
Basic English Grammar, 3rd Edition
Chapter 9: Expressing Past Time, Part Two
Worksheet 1. Question words
Complete the conversations. Choose the correct word or phrase from the word pool
and write it in the blank space.
What
What time
When
Where
Who
Why
1. A: _____________________ did you go on your vacation?
B: We went to the mountains.
2. A: _____________________ did you start your new job?
B: Last month.
3. A: _____________________ did the plane arrive?
B: At 6:30. Two hours late!
4. A: _____________________ did Sally leave early?
B: Because she had a dentist appointment.
5. A: _____________________ did you say?
B: I said, Good morning.
6. A: _____________________ is that woman?
B: Dr. Gross. Shes my chemistry professor.
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Vocabulary Worksheets
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Basic English Grammar, 3 Edition
Chapter 9: Expressing Past Time, Part Two
Worksheet 2. Reading: A Terrible Morning
Complete the passage. Write the correct form of a verb from the word pool in each
blank space. You may use a verb more than once.
be
come
eat
forget
have
make
play
put
ring
sleep
wake
A Terrible Morning
Yesterday I ______had__________ a terrible morning.
Nothing went right. Everything went wrong. First, I didnt
__________________ up on time because my alarm clock
didnt ___________________. I usually get up at 7:00, but
yesterday I didnt. Instead, I ___________________until 8:30.
Then I got out of bed very quickly, ____________________ on my clothes,
didnt ______________________ breakfast, and rushed out to the bus
stop. I ______________________ late for work!
I waited and waited, but a bus never ______________________. Finally,
I called my office because I wanted to apologize for my lateness. After the
phone ________________________ four or five times, a voice mail message
_________________________ on. This was the message: The office is
closed right now. Our normal office hours are from Monday through Friday,
9:00 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. Please call back during that time.
It was Saturday! I ______________________ a mistake! There wasnt any
work that day! But I ______________________ something else. Every
Saturday morning at 8:30, my friends and I always ____________________
tennis. When I overslept, I didnt miss work - I missed my tennis game!
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Vocabulary Worksheets
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Basic English Grammar, 3 Edition
Chapter 9: Expressing Past Time, Part Two
Worksheet 3. Vocabulary review
Look again at the reading, A Terrible Morning. Guess the meanings of these
words in the passage. Circle the word or phrase with the same meaning or a similar
meaning.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
terrible _______
a. terrific
b. very bad
c. wonderful
quickly _______
a. slowly
b. fast
c. tired
rush _______
a. hurry
b. walk
c. jump
apologize _______
a. explain
b. say
c. be sorry about
normal _______
a. usual
b. nice
c. slow
through _______
a. over
b. in
c. to and including
call back _______
a. come again b. call again
c. leave a message
during _______
a. when
b. after
c. in the time of
mistake _______
a. date
b. call
c. something wrong
else _______
a. big
b. small
c. more
11.
12.
oversleep _______
a. not sleep
b. wake up
miss _______
a. want
b. have
c. sleep extra time
d. lose the opportunity
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Vocabulary Worksheets
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Basic English Grammar, 3 Edition
Chapter 9: Expressing Past Time, Part Two
Worksheet 4. Vocabulary review
Complete the sentences. Write the correct word from the word pool in the blank
space.
appointment
back
clock
game
hours
mail
professor
stop
1. I didnt go to my class this morning because I had
a dentist ______________________.
2. The dentist sees patients only in the mornings. His office
______________________ are from 9:00 A.M. until noon.
3. What time did your alarm _____________________.
ring this morning?
4. We waited for the bus at the bus
_____________________________.
5. Laura left a message for me on my voice _______________________.
6. My friends and I have a regular tennis _________________________
every weekend.
7. Yesterday I spoke with my chemistry __________________________.
8. A: Is Carl at home?
B: No, he isnt. Please call ______________________________ later.
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Vocabulary Worksheets
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Basic English Grammar, 3 Edition
Chapter 9: Expressing Past Time, Part Two
Worksheet 5. Vocabulary review: Opposites
Complete the sentences in Column A with words that are opposites. Write the letter
of the word in Column B in the blank space in Column A.
Column A
Column B
1.
The opposite of forget is ____.
a. wonderful
2.
The opposite of late is ____.
b. slowly
3.
The opposite of normal is ____.
c. question
4.
The opposite of terrible is ____.
d. early
5.
The opposite of quickly is ____.
e. go to bed
6.
The opposite of first is ____.
f. work
7.
The opposite of wrong is ____.
g. right
8.
The opposite of get up is ____.
h. final
9.
The opposite of play is ____.
i. remember
The opposite of answer is ____.
j. unusual
10.
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Vocabulary Worksheets
Basic English Grammar, 3rd Edition
Chapter 9: Expressing Past Time, Part Two
Worksheet 6. Vocabulary review
Complete the sentences. Write the correct word or phrase in the blank space.
an appointment
a salad
the table
the cake
dinner
a mistake
1. A: Did you call the eye doctor?
B: Yes, I did. I made ____________________________________
for next Thursday.
2. A: What did you have for dinner?
B: I wasnt hungry. I made ________________________________
and a cup of tea.
3. A: Oh, this furniture in your dining room is beautiful.
B: Thank you. I like it, too. We bought the chairs in an antique shop,
but my grandfather made _______________________________.
4. A: Great party! Who made the desserts?
B: Bob made ______________________________, and I
made the cookies.
5. A: Did you go out for dinner on your anniversary?
B: No, we didnt. We stayed home. I made
____________________________, and we went to bed early.
6. A: Hell, is Robin there?
B: Who?
A: Oh, Im sorry. I made ______________________________. I
dialed the wrong number.
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Vocabulary Worksheets
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Basic English Grammar, 3 Edition
Chapter 9: Expressing Past Time, Part Two
Worksheet 7. Vocabulary review
Complete the sentences. Choose the correct word from the word pool and write in
the blank space.
an appointment
mistakes
cabinets
a steak
cars
dish
sweaters
1. Grandma likes to knit. Last year she made seven
_________________________.
2. Kim works in an automobile factory. The factory makes
_______________________________.
3. Oh, you want to see the doctor? You need to make
_______________________________.
4. Lee lost his job. He made too many
___________________________.
5. Uncle Ted is a carpenter. He makes tables, chairs, and
________________________.
6. Mom made ____________________ on the barbecue. I didnt eat it
because I dont eat meat.
7. A: What did you have for dinner?
B: Jeff made a wonderful Chinese ____________________ with lots
of vegetables and noodles. It was great for me because Im a
vegetarian.
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Vocabulary Worksheets
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Basic English Grammar, 3 Edition
Chapter 9: Expressing Past Time, Part Two
Worksheet 8. Reading: The Same Things Every Day
Read the passage. Then complete the sentences below the passage. Circle the word
or phrase to complete each sentence correctly.
The Same Things Every Day
Every day I do the same things. I get up in the morning, I do some
exercises, I go to classes, I come home, and I make dinner for my
roommate.
Then I do my homework while she does the dishes. She
likes to do housework, but I dont.
Sometimes we switch: she makes dinner, and I do the
dishes.
Sometimes she does a favor for me: she makes dinner and does the dishes,
too. Sometimes I do a favor for her: I make dinner and do the dishes too.
When that happens, I dont do my homework at all.
Sometimes I think my life is boring. I do the same things every day.
Complete the sentences based on the passage.
1. When you do exercises, you move your (dishes / body).
2. When you do housework, you do (jobs / business) in your house.
3. Switch means (sleep / change).
4. When you do a favor for someone, you (hurt / help) them.
5. At all means (not any part of something / sometimes).
6. The opposite of boring is (interesting / short).
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Vocabulary Worksheets
Basic English Grammar, 3rd Edition
Chapter 9: Expressing Past Time, Part Two
Worksheet 9. Verbs: Present and past
Complete the conversations. Chose the correct phrase and write the letter in the
blank space.
a.
b.
c.
d. didnt you do
e. do
f. does
are you doing
did you do
didnt do
1. A: Why ________ your exercises this morning?
B: Because I was too tired.
2. A: Hi, Ellen. What _______ now?
B: Nothing.
3. A: When _______ your homework?
B: This morning before class.
4. A: Who _______ the housework in your house?
B: We all do it together.
5. A: Please _______ a favor for me?
B: Of course! What is it?
6. A: After I finished dinner last night, I went right to bed. I _______ the
dishes.
B: Well, you were very tired, I know.
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Vocabulary Worksheets
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Basic English Grammar, 3 Edition
Chapter 9: Expressing Past Time, Part Two
Worksheet 11. Reading: Hoover: A Famous Seal
Read the passage about Hoover, a famous seal. Then answer the questions about Hoover on
the next page. The definitions of some words are on the next page.
Hoover: A Famous Seal
One day many years ago, a couple in Maine, a northeastern
state on the U.S. east coast, found a small baby seal. They
decided to take care of him.
They brought him home, put him in a bathtub, and fed him small fish. He ate many
fish. He ate the fish quickly, and he ate like a vacuum cleaner - that is why his name
is Hoover, like the original vacuum cleaner.
When Hoover was four months old, he became too big for the bath tub, so his
owners put him in a big pond behind their house. Here, Hoover began to talk. But,
after a while his owners could not afford to keep him any longer because he was
eating so many fish! They gave him to the Boston Aquarium.
Hoover spent the rest of his lifetime in the Boston Aquarium. He attracted many
visitors because he talked, and he also was very friendly. Some of his phrases were
Hello there, How are you? Get out of here, and Get down. After he said these
things, he laughed. His audience laughed, too, and clapped for him.
At the aquarium, scientists studied Hoover because he was a very unusual seal. The
scientists wanted to know why Hoover talked. And why the other seals didnt talk.
Hoover was the subject of several magazine articles and television shows. He became
famous and made many friends. He was the father of several baby seals. Some of his
descendants are still living in the Boston Aquarium.
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Vocabulary Worksheets
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Basic English Grammar, 3 Edition
Chapter 9: Expressing Past Time, Part Two
Worksheet 11. Reading: Hoover: A Famous Seal
Read the passage about Hoover, a famous seal. Then answer the questions about Hoover on
the next page. The definitions of some words are on the next page.
Hoover: A Famous Seal
One day many years ago, a couple in Maine, a northeastern
state on the U.S. east coast, found a small baby seal. They
decided to take care of him.
They brought him home, put him in a bathtub, and fed him small fish. He ate many
fish. He ate the fish quickly, and he ate like a vacuum cleaner - that is why his name
is Hoover, like the original vacuum cleaner.
When Hoover was four months old, he became too big for the bath tub, so his
owners put him in a big pond behind their house. Here, Hoover began to talk. But,
after a while his owners could not afford to keep him any longer because he was
eating so many fish! They gave him to the Boston Aquarium.
Hoover spent the rest of his lifetime in the Boston Aquarium. He attracted many
visitors because he talked, and he also was very friendly. Some of his phrases were
Hello there, How are you? Get out of here, and Get down. After he said these
things, he laughed. His audience laughed, too, and clapped for him.
At the aquarium, scientists studied Hoover because he was a very unusual seal. The
scientists wanted to know why Hoover talked. And why the other seals didnt talk.
Hoover was the subject of several magazine articles and television shows. He became
famous and made many friends. He was the father of several baby seals. Some of his
descendants are still living in the Boston Aquarium.
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Vocabulary Worksheets
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Basic English Grammar, 3 Edition
Chapter 9: Expressing Past Time, Part Two
Worksheet 11, page 2
Definitions:
couple
any longer
aquarium
clap
could not afford
descendants
lifetime
original
owner
pond
seal
take care of
- two people
- something that was true in the past, but is not true now
- a large building where people go to look at many kinds of fish
- to hit your hands together several times. It shows appreciation
of a performance.
- did not have enough money to pay for
- your children, grandchildren, etc.; the opposite of ancestors.
- the time of your whole life
- the first of a kind
- a person who owns, or has, something
- a very small, shallow lake
- a kind of animal that lives in the ocean
- to give attention to and be careful with
Now complete the sentences based on the story about Hoover. Cross out the incorrect word or
phrase in the parentheses.
1. Hoover was a (fish / seal).
2. The people in Maine (took care of / didnt take care of) Hoover.
3. Hoover began to talk while he was living in the (pond / ocean).
4. The people gave Hoover to the aquarium because it was too (expensive / long)
to keep him.
5. The visitors always (talked / clapped) their hands for Hoover.
6. Scientists studied Hoover because he was (different / usual).
7. Hoover (always was / became) famous.
8. Hoover has several (ancestors / descendants) in the Boston Aquarium.
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Vocabulary Worksheets
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Basic English Grammar, 3 Edition
Chapter 9: Expressing Past Time, Part Two
Worksheet 12. Vocabulary review
Circle the letter of the word or phrase that means the same as the word or phrase in
bold, or shows its meaning in the sentence.
1. There are many copies of the Mona Lisa, but the
original painting is in the Louvre Museum in
Paris.
a. final
c. first
b. first copy of
d. large
2. I want to leave something for my descendants.
a. ancestors
c. students
b. teachers
d. direct family in all the years ahead
3. During the lifetime of our grandparents, there were many changes in
the world.
a. childhood
c. marriage
b. entire lives
d. recent years
4. We saw a house for sale, but we could not afford to buy it.
a. didnt like
c. didnt have enough time
b. didnt really want
d. didnt have enough money
5. The audience clapped loudly because they liked the singer.
a. sang
c. hit their hands together
b. left early
d. screamed loudly
6. A:
B:
a.
b.
Are you the owner of that red car?
No, Im not.
person who has
c. person who stole
person who wants
d. passenger
7. A: What do you do during the daytime?
B: I take care of my young children and my new baby.
a. watch
c. give attention to
b. talk to
d. listen to
8. Marco lived in Rome for ten years. He doesnt live in Rome any longer.
a. He lives in Rome.
c. He lived in Rome before, but he doesnt
now.
b. He never lived in Rome. d. He always lived in Rome.
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Vocabulary Worksheets
Basic English Grammar, 3rd Edition
Chapter 9: Expressing Past Time, Part Two
Worksheet 13. Which words belong?
Complete the groups. For each item, write the word from the word pool that belongs
in the group.
do dishes
do homework
make a dish
pond
rush
seal
switch
terrific
1. study, write essays, do research, _____________________________
2. ocean, river, lake _________________________________________
3. whale, alligator, fish, ______________________________________
4. cook, clean, mop,_________________________________________
5. wonderful, excellent, very good, ______________________________
6. hurry, fly, go fast, _________________________________________
7. change, exchange, reverse, __________________________________
8. cook dinner, bake a cake, prepare a salad, ______________________
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Vocabulary Worksheets
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Basic English Grammar, 3 Edition
Chapter 9: Expressing Past Time, Part Two
Worksheet 14. Scrambled letters
Unscramble the letters to make words. Write the words in the blank spaces.
Verbs
g i n r
_______ring__________________________
s h u r
____________________________________
plac
____________________________________
t s h c i w
____________________________________
Adjectives
t l e a
____________________________________
i n g r o b
____________________________________
la m n o r
____________________________________
r r i t e b e l ____________________________________
Nouns
s h
i d
a f r o v
____________________________________
____________________________________
s e t k m a i ____________________________________
w r k h o o s u e ____________________________________
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Vocabulary Worksheets
Basic English Grammar, 3rd Edition
Chapter 9: Expressing Past Time, Part Two
Worksheet 15. Crossword
Complete the crossword puzzle. Use the clues below the puzzle to figure out the
words. Write the correct words across and down. Write one letter in each space.
www.CrosswordWeaver.com
ACROSS
DOWN
2
3
6
7
I _______the plane. I was too late.
Don't _______. We aren't late.
Say "I'm sorry."
Do you need anything _______?
No, nothing more. Thanks.
8 Please call back _______.
1 The office is open from Monday
_______ Friday.
2 Oh! I made a _______!
4 Change.
5 Sleep too long.
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Vocabulary Worksheets
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Basic English Grammar, 3 Edition
Chapter 9: Expressing Past Time, Part Two
Answer Key
Worksheet 1
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Where
When
What time / When
Why
What
Who
Worksheet 2
Par. 1
Par. 2
Par. 3
Par. 4
had / wake / ring / slept
put / eat / was
came / rang / came
made / forgot / play
Worksheet 3
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
b. very bad
b. fast
a. hurry
c. be sorry about
a. usual
c. to and including
b. call again
c. in the time of
c. something wrong
c. more
c. sleep extra time
d. lose the opportunity
Worksheet 4
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
appointment
hours
clock
stop
mail
game
professor
back
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Vocabulary Worksheets
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Basic English Grammar, 3 Edition
Chapter 9: Expressing Past Time, Part Two
Worksheet 5
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
i. remember
d. early
j. unusual
a. wonderful
b. slowly
h. final
g. right
e. go to bed
f. work
c. question
Worksheet 6
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
an appointment
a salad
the table
the cake
dinner
a mistake
Worksheet 7
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
sweaters
cars
an appointment
mistakes
cabinets
a steak
dish
Worksheet 8
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
body
jobs
change
help
not any part of something
interesting
Worksheet 9
1. d. didnt you do
2. a. are you doing
3. b. did you do
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Vocabulary Worksheets
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Basic English Grammar, 3 Edition
Chapter 9: Expressing Past Time, Part Two
4. f. does
5. e. do
6. c. didnt do
Worksheet 10
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
the dishes / a favor / the housework
the dishes / his homework
a special dinner
an appointment / these cookies
a bad job / housework / homework
computers / mistakes sometimes
Worksheet 11
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
fish seal
didnt take care of took care of
ocean pond
long expensive
talked clapped
usual different
always was became
ancestors descendants
Worksheet 12
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
c. first
d. direct family in all the years ahead
b. entire lives
d. didnt have enough money
c. hit their hands together
a. person who has
c. give attention to
c. He lived in Rome before, but he doesnt now.
Worksheet 13
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
do homework
pond
seal
do dishes
terrific
rush
switch
make a dish
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Vocabulary Worksheets
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Basic English Grammar, 3 Edition
Chapter 9: Expressing Past Time, Part Two
Worksheet 14
VERBS
ring
rush
clap
switch
ADJECTIVES
late
boring
normal
terrible
NOUN
dish
favor
mistake
housework
Worksheet 15
Across:
2. missed
3. rush
6. apologize
7. else
8. later
Down:
1. through
2. mistake
4. switch
5. oversleep
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W V
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L A T E R
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Vocabulary Worksheets
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Basic English Grammar, 3 Edition
Chapter 9: Expressing Past Time, Part Two
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Vocabulary Worksheets
rd
Basic English Grammar, 3 Edition
Chapter 9: Expressing Past Time, Part Two
Word List
about
activities
against
airline captain
announce
another
astronomer
bad
become
before
better
bird
bite
blow
car
cat
catch
cause
certainly
chew
children
city
cold
company
complain
coworker
customer
cut
day
deadline
destroy
do
doctor
dont
drop
election
else
enter
every
fall
finish
food
foolish
for
for sure
force
foreign
fortune teller
from
future
get in
get off
get on
get rid of
get out of
go up
gossip
got
have
higher
hit
holding
home
house
how
how come
hurt
improve
in place of
informal
injure
instead
last
law
leader
left
level
lift
like
losing
love
make
member
money
mouse
move
must
news
newscaster
night
off
onto
other
pain
part
people
person
piece
pilot
politician
predict
president
quickly
raise
rise
run
say
scientist
secret
senate
sickness
so
somebody
someone
something
spend
sports
announcer
state
stop
store
strong
student
sun
support
talk
teeth
tell
than
that
thing
this
throw away
time
town
trumpet player
TV
unhappiness
unhappy
use
uselessly
want
waste
water
weather
forecaster
who
whole
with
word
work
your
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