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Read the introduction to Griffin’s personal narrative, “Saving Up.”

When I was fifteen, I asked my mom if I could go visit my cousin, who lived across the country. “If you can [WOL] up enough babysitting money to pay for half of the plane ticket, I will let you go,” she replied. I [WOL] thrilled!

Fill in the blanks in order.
save . . . . was
save . . . . am
saved . . . . was
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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
save . . . . was

(If you can save up ... I was thrilled — "save" follows "can"; past-tense narrative uses "was.")