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2caa6eda-0fb4-4ea1-81b4-d271dd8b6b29 | Larry has decided to help out his friends prepare for a party. | He needs to bring a salad to the party. | Larry slices tomato, lettuce, and other vegetables for the salad. | When it is finished, he feels great. | Larry was happy that he could contribute to the party. | Larry decided to stay home from the party. | 1 |
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4538de5c-e6fe-4cb2-a4c8-6c987edfd123 | I bought a backup drive for my wife's iPhone. | She was running out of space on her phone. | She has 1200 photos on her phone. | I tried to back up her photos to a drive, but failed. | My wife cooked dinner. | There were too many photos to upload. | 2 |
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8a0c7f34-82b6-4230-a08d-afcada1dc5f3 | Grace always loved playing tricks on the teacher. | Her favorite trick was to hide all of the chalk from the teacher. | One day as she was hiding the chalk, the teacher caught Grace. | She was suspended from school for two weeks. | Grace didn't miss a day of class that whole year. | Grace decided to stop playing tricks at school. | 2 |
1c3f631c-ef1a-4dc3-bd26-715eea2c5703 | Jane's mother made a very good apple pie. | Jane always wanted the recipe but her mother wouldn't give it to her. | One Christmas, she asked her again for the recipe. | Jane's mother decided that she would give her the recipe. | Jane was thankful to have the recipe. | Jane didn't like to bake. | 1 |
9f097485-ac0b-40b0-bf42-3fde6476ce14 | Mark opened the back door of the restaurant and walked outside. | It was the time of the day to take out the trash. | Halfway to the dumpster, he saw many birds, feeding on the trash. | He had gone hungry before so he knew all things must eat. | Mark hated animals. | He felt bad for the birds. | 2 |
359c1833-b8bc-4f0e-b083-a1120047a73f | Last night we wanted to order a pizza. | Half of us wanted pepperoni. | The other half wanted sausage. | I made a decision. | We ordered a pizza with separate toppings on each half. | I suggested we choose a different movie. | 1 |
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7887fe5f-be9c-48cb-9f83-cdf4e054852d | Johnny was on his local Little League team. | One Saturday, his team had a very important game. | His parents were able to attend. | Johnny's team won the game. | Johnny felt he let his parents down. | Johnny was elated. | 2 |
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36d8301c-5702-4b42-bee3-73415a992133 | I was so excited yesterday that usher released a new song. | I immediately purchased it. | When I listened to it I was blown away. | I immediately put it on my phone. | I hated the new song. | I listened to the song all day. | 2 |
42c98f2d-f3c3-4a29-af0f-59a82bc01cf9 | A new band wanted for their song to get popular fast. | They bribed several radio DJs to play their song all at the same time. | When people tuned in the radio, the same song played on all stations. | They became a huge success overnight. | It made them depressed. | They were very excited about being well known. | 2 |
f8a623b4-a19c-4176-a576-2fda8da9d616 | Annie was the top gymnast in her class. | She received many awards and competed a lot. | One day after a competition she remembered overdue homework. | Her teacher would not let her turn in the homework. | She was very happy with the teacher. | She failed the class. | 2 |
2562c10f-4f6a-4b80-bf78-93ce317ee1ed | Patricia was spell-bound as soon as she looked into a microscope. | She couldn't believe there was another world she couldn't see. | Immediately she knew she was going to become a biologist. | The next 8 Years, she studied science in school and college. | Patricia realized it was a big mistake. | Patricia eventually became a biologist. | 2 |
0aedef28-e132-48d3-952d-60d6023e6354 | Lily never really enjoyed sports. | Over the summer she watched the women's world cup with her family. | She was inspired and decided to join a soccer team. | The team had been playing for a while and she was behind. | She was the best player. | She eventually got better. | 2 |
560de71d-f0e4-4430-b5b0-e6ceda4b9c20 | Marisse went to the auction to look for some items. | At the registration desk, they asked her for her credit card. | She took out some cash instead and used that as a deposit. | She went on to bid on some storage lockers and won two. | Marissa took the two puppies home. | Sadly, they were both filled with junk. | 2 |
fae520f1-4a08-41a2-a993-43a9f33ed3cd | One year, Jessica went to summer camp. | She had a great time. | The following year, she was too old to attend the camp. | However, she was old enough to work there. | She was excited to get to work at the camp. | She didn't want to have anything to do with that camp. | 1 |
ad0ecbef-894d-44b0-ada0-dd4c02f1ea03 | Gina had gotten her phone back from a teacher. | He had kept it 2 days. | Her mother was becoming suspicious. | Now she would be able to keep it secret that it was ever taken. | Gina threw the phone away. | Gina's mother never found out that her phone was taken away. | 2 |
2a333529-c28c-4eac-a8f9-50ac2898ffa0 | Meg couldn't find her favorite gold earrings. | She was beginning to suspect the new maid had stolen them! | Her husband admonished her to search the house more carefully. | Meg realized that perhaps they had been vacuumed up by mistake! | Meg could not think of where they could be. | Meg checked the vacuum and then found them. | 2 |
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2a1e75df-7330-4db5-b870-a4520de57288 | Ori's mom sent him off to the market. | She admonished him to remember the brown eggs. | But Ori couldn't find them at the market. | He had to check three different stores. | He finally decided to buy white eggs instead. | All of the stores he went to were out of ice cream. | 1 |
e9b85e53-9355-4b2c-9596-fe595ffdb083 | A week before Christmas, Abby and her family got together. | They went to a local nursing home, wearing Santa hats. | They went from room to room, singing Christmas carols. | Some of the patients sang with them. | They all had a very memorable time together. | Everyone was miserable and angry. | 1 |
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529ac218-8924-43dc-92c1-18b83bcbd10a | Vianna was a full-time college student. | She did not have a job and she needed money. | She searched online for ways to make money from home. | She found a site named amazon turk and started working from there. | Vianna now works everyday. | Vianna quit working. | 1 |
af50c61e-685f-4e0c-8766-bfe5865dd9a9 | Everyone in my family got together for Thanksgiving. | It was a long journey for many, but they made it. | We all sat together and ate dinner. | After dinner, we visited and caught up. | We had a great time. | We all eventually couldn't stop arguing with one another. | 1 |
9d365851-1b2f-43a2-98c3-a4c9999d099b | Jim complained that his wife never did the dishes. | She then complained that Jim never cooked dinner. | The next day they decided to switch their roles. | The meal was horrible and dishes didn't get cleaned well enough. | They both decided to go back to their previous roles. | They decided they would keep thing that way forever. | 1 |
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45be99fa-41ef-459f-b791-257a852933cd | Anna wanted a banana milkshake. | Her local ice cream shop didn't have that flavor. | She went home and got out her blender. | Then she added her own bananas and ice cream. | Anna thought the chocolate shake tasted dreadful. | Anna thought her own milkshake tasted just as delicious. | 2 |
c41221e1-a84d-43ff-a7de-d623d7480d43 | I got into my car and closed the door. | I turned the engine on and started to drive. | I was headed in the direction of the gas station. | It was lunch time and I was starting to get hungry. | I decided to buy chips at the gas station. | I decided to never eat again. | 1 |
76962d77-c956-49ba-a135-427a6e78d0e0 | Tommy recently landed a position on his school's Debate team. | They were having a debate tonight. | He was pretty nervous. | When he got there, the entire school was watching. | Tommy started playing guitar. | Tommy ended up doing well regardless of his nerves. | 2 |
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2dc083b6-dcb0-4227-854d-32d8e98db2af | Jake had a hard time making friends at his new school. | He had low self esteem and felt didn't deserve to have friends. | One day he met John who happened to feel the same way. | John and Jake soon became best friends. | They both became more confident and made more friends too. | This made Jake very upset. | 1 |
c7d01c21-6d8e-417d-9dc0-ca4492194254 | Sean was born into an Irish immigrant family. | He was always proud of his Irish heritage. | His family kept customs, ate Irish food, and watched Irish sports. | Sean saved up money and paid for a big trip to Ireland. | He was thrilled when he was finally on his way to Ireland. | Sean spent his saving on a new snowboard. | 1 |
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2c417536-e136-4167-8b83-158db506485c | Biff wanted to watch a western movie. | Biff also wanted to watch a movie in theaters. | Westerns had lost favor with the public and none were showing. | Biff decided to screen a classic western himself. | He enjoyed watching the western. | Biff hated western movies. | 1 |
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a7d985bc-8564-4262-8c45-6d211bd59f31 | Ashley's dog has fleas and is scratching himself. | Ashley was very worried that she would get fleas as well. | She went to the store and put flea and tick shampoo. | Ashley then went home and gave her dog a bath. | Ashley's dog was full of live fleas. | Ashley killed all the fleas. | 2 |
731c4da7-a88a-49c8-8212-ec512bad27e9 | I lived in the South End of Boston from 1968 to 1981. | It was a run down section of town. | I bought many books there, since they cost only ten cents. | I revisited the shop in 1991. | I hate spaghetti. | It was very different. | 2 |
0ff4a668-ca06-41f9-8d94-89f9eb3cd42f | My daughter had been begging for a pet. | Her birthday was coming up. | I visited the pet store to do some research. | The workers helped me make a decision. | They helped me realize that I should cut my hair short. | I bought her a dog. | 2 |
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9809909e-e02c-4f5e-a332-cfef180e9b02 | Neil was backpacking Europe. | He had just arrived in Dover. | He loved how friendly the people were! | He also loved their delicious food. | Neil was miserable. | Neil was having a great time. | 2 |
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3dfddb07-7fcc-4383-b01f-820d55f933cd | My laptop didn't want to work. | It stopped turning on for some reason. | I tried a few different things to fix it. | Finally I got a new charger off the internet. | Now it comes on every time. | That is why I only play Frisbee outside. | 1 |
f2a888b2-7571-4493-a723-eb2afaa56061 | My laboratory professor was explaining today's lab. | He told us not to pour water followed by an acid. | While I was looking at my notes, I barely paid attention. | When the experiment began, I poured water before an acid in a tube. | My professor was very upset. | My professor congratulated me. | 1 |
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5cab8b6a-2396-41ba-b570-2953ff135740 | Barry had only one thousand dollars left in his bank account. | He needed to find a job. | He searched for 3 months. | Eventually, his money ran out. | He had to go to a homeless shelter. | Somehow, thousands of dollars appeared in his bank account. | 1 |
d25870e4-945d-48f7-a636-f2abd5ea5a3e | Michael likes to go to the beach but has trouble swimming. | During a beach trip his friends made a dare to him. | They told him to go into deep water and he did. | Michael got tired when he was out and started to yell for help. | He swam even farther out then his friends dared him too. | His friends helped him back to the shore. | 2 |
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6d430931-b572-4cc7-b18e-e7bdec5be9ca | Lena was sick. | Lena was sad because she wouldn't see her friends at school. | So she took her vitamins. | She got better quickly | Lena went to school only to find out her friends were sick. | Lena pretended to be sick so she could avoid her friends. | 1 |
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4516ccd1-cf8c-4ec9-a791-ef79680b6e14 | Tim bought a new lamp today. | He went home to set it up. | Tim opened the box and followed the instructions. | He assembled the lamp within five minutes. | Tim was pleased the lamp was so easy to set up. | Tim then threw the lamp away. | 1 |
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c86b0427-df64-416c-a4eb-753d5d3b666f | Jim was in a go cart race. | He designed his go kart by himself. | While he raced, his tires fell off. | He didn't know what to do. | He finished in first place. | He wasn't able to finish the race. | 2 |
4351716e-f1ea-4e28-ad5f-45e5d07480a1 | Bob was warm and tender towards his wife. | He wanted to get her a very special gift for Valentine's Day. | He asked all the people he knew what he should get her. | They all had different opinions, leaving Bob confused. | Bob was never the same after being tasered by the mall cops. | Bob finally went with his instincts and picked the perfect gift. | 2 |
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8293d91b-dfd6-47ac-bff8-23bc9686d932 | Charles was happy to meet a record company executive on Facebook. | Charles asked to write about the executive's artist. | The executive said yes, as long as the story was published. | Vibe Magazine offered to publish the story on speculation. | It was the beginning of a fruitful relationship for Charles. | The executive was very angry at what had happened. | 1 |
e3651067-1160-43b9-bb24-93137b4a8298 | Anna wanted to bake a cake for her mom's birthday. | She tried twice, but both cakes fell flat. | Then she found a solution. | She went to the bakery and bought a cake. | She ate the cake alone at home. | Her mother enjoyed the cake greatly. | 2 |
2193129d-8583-44fe-8f38-279c317a458e | Ron had just found out that his family was moving to a farm. | Ron was nervous. | He knew nothing about animals. | But when he got to the new home, he was surprised. | Ron found that he rather enjoyed living on a farm. | Ron hated being on the farm because he disliked the animals. | 1 |
973e3d54-e7f2-4845-8460-d29f2baf3229 | Ron has anger problems. | During a trip to the store, he got angry at a slow cashier. | The cashier was sassy, and egged him on further. | Ron grabbed the cashier by the shirt, and pulled him over the counter. | Ron was given a prize by the store. | Ron was arrested. | 2 |
6b75107a-46e6-4c21-90fe-59869d692c97 | My friend and I decided to start a band and perform for our families. | I was singer and my friend played guitar. | We practiced in my garage. | Eventually, we got pretty good. | We stopped playing in a band together. | We performed a small show for our families the next weekend. | 2 |
787d6725-553a-4fe6-9878-d7e2f3c79f33 | A boy Jack had been asking his parents to get a puppy for months. | After all the time he asked they finally gave in and said yes. | Jack spent about thirty minutes looking online for a puppy. | He found one in the area that he lived. | Jack abandoned the whole idea of getting a puppy. | Jack then showed the online puppy and pleaded with them to get it. | 2 |
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6f21cce2-3086-4096-9243-7799ad831690 | Jack went on a trip to the store. | He really needed to buy some eggs. | He looked everywhere but could not find them! | He asked the clerk where they were. | The clerk told him where the bacon was located. | The clerk told him to find the eggs. | 2 |
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449c1058-fb27-4c6d-9cac-fbd5b32b80da | Billy buried some treasure in his backyard. | He drew a map so he wouldn't forget where he'd put it. | Years passed and Billy's family moved. | Decades later, he went back and used his map to dig it back up. | He threw away the treasure he found. | He found many treasures from his childhood. | 2 |
743a3dca-d9a4-4297-a47d-34183a672f6d | My mom took me grocery shopping. | She let me pick out all the food. | I picked out a lot of candy and snacks! | Then, she went to the register and paid for it all. | I didn't like any of the groceries my mom bought. | I ate a lot of candy that day. | 2 |
4c3e0c4c-317d-4de9-ad61-a850fa521d73 | Mike always had Golden Retriever dogs when he was growing up. | Now that he had a steady job, he felt ready to have a dog too. | Mike got a Golden Retriever and named him Spot. | Now Mike and Spot take walks in the park every weekend. | Mike loves his faithful friend Spot very much. | Mike thought Spot was a strange cat, but he liked him. | 1 |
e17eb2cb-2fa8-4a33-8838-4f9b033fdaa4 | Joe got fired from his job. | He was sad. | He needed money for bills. | He called up grant. | Joe loaned Grant some money. | Grant loaned Joe some money. | 2 |
b9ad0a25-48e6-439b-8e10-cdf61cc6dcb9 | Jimmy needed to learn to code for his job. | He looked online for a lesson. | He found a website to teach him to code. | Every day he applied himself to the endeavor. | After a long time, he learned to code properly. | Jimmy then learned to cook well from the tutorials. | 1 |
19c29a0d-7b1f-4066-8fd0-090fc6c640f5 | Rakesh decides that he would like to cook lobster for dinner. | He visits the local seafood market and picks a huge lobster. | Rakesh brings it home and boils it in water. | He eats the lobster with butter and corn on the cob. | Lobster was Rakesh's least favorite food. | Rakesh loved eating lobster. | 2 |
634ffe81-1737-4f0e-9ff4-4397346aab7a | When I was sixteen I learned to drive. | The first time I got into the car I lost track of the brake pedal. | I didn't know how to stop! | My dad had to turn on the emergency brake. | My dad then took me to get my license. | After that mistake, I became much more cautious. | 2 |
9ba79327-d72c-4882-a828-e8bd80fbab56 | Ron woke up and looked out the window. | The street was covered in a foot of snow! | School was canceled that day. | Ron spent the whole day playing in the snow with his friends. | Ron was very happy. | Ron was very unhappy that it had snowed so much. | 1 |
4dfe85e4-7e34-4906-8eaf-5f519820b2a4 | My brother loved candy. | He ate a lot of it. | He left the wrappers on the counter. | Our mother scolded him for it. | He didn't listen until we got a lot of ants one spring. | She showered him with praise. | 1 |
2029aa56-ef8f-4c6f-a599-6dae60566f01 | Brad wanted eggs for breakfast. | Brad was all out of eggs! | Brad cried for a long time. | Brad's mother came home with eggs! | Brad had delicious Eggs Benedict. | Brad hated his mother for getting the eggs. | 1 |
32cccca4-9475-4755-8fd4-b540b70d64a0 | Paulo had always wanted to serve in his student council. | However, he was worried he wouldn't be elected. | Paulo asked many students for their support in the election. | Finally on election day, Paulo was elected to student council. | Paulo was ashamed of what he did. | Paulo felt proud of his accomplishment. | 2 |
ad4fbdb4-6d17-4417-b560-b6a3c6a74825 | Patrick's parents raised ducks. | One day, Patrick was playing near the ducks. | One of the ducks started chasing him! | The duck caught up to Patrick and bit him on the leg. | Patrick developed a fear of dogs because of the incident. | It didn't break the skin, but Patrick was scared and cried! | 2 |
6a3a0fc5-4b73-478e-8cd9-4a3356aec7e3 | Last night I attended a cocktail party. | I wore my new white dress. | Everyone at the party loved it. | However to my dismay I spilled wine all over it. | I was so angry at myself! | I was wearing a red dress. | 1 |
e0487099-4c2b-4cfc-af24-489a5675a52f | I am a different person than I used to be. | I used to be heavyset but I lost weight. | I took up swimming and lost the weight. | I worked out three times week and ate healthy every day. | I am much healthier now. | I am 300 pounds. | 1 |
d8252037-d896-4629-88a7-0e370857b2a9 | Kelly went to a Celtics game yesterday. | She loved going to games. | The clock was ticking and time was running out. | Thankfully the Celtics won. | Kelly jumped for joy. | Kelly was mad that the Celtics won and not the opposition. | 1 |
e0f9cc9f-2cff-49af-9cb6-cafd44f3faf1 | Jane's girlfriend works at a flower shop. | She never gets tired of her work. | One day Jane decided to get her a rose. | Even though her girlfriend saw many a day she loved it. | Jane's girlfriend was a die-hard flower lover. | Jane loves biking, hiking and walking her dog. | 1 |
6f967d5e-3699-418f-99c4-4be8c2f227a8 | Michael loved to go hiking in the woods on weekends. | He had never made it to the top of a mountain. | One day he climbed very high,and finally reached the top. | He could see land and water on the other side of the mountain. | Michael was disappointed in himself. | Michael loved the view and hoped to return. | 2 |
9ec710ea-0c91-4616-91ab-f28588628b5c | Damon lost his wallet with his ID in it. | He searched all over the house. | He couldn't find it anywhere. | He eventually just went and got a replacement ID. | Damon went straight to his room and went to bed. | The next day, Damon found his wallet under the bed. | 2 |
86d199c6-c33e-4280-82d0-c9828d297af3 | David and Mia rarely got to go out since they had young children. | One Friday, they were finally able to get away to see a movie. | They were looking forward to it so much, but it turned out to be bad! | In fact, it was so bad that they could barely contain their giggles. | David and Mia decided to leave the movie. | David and Mia thought the movie was profound. | 1 |
61f5c395-725b-4249-bf21-838525b78a4a | Bob was going to take his daughter to see Grandma. | The two drove to Grandma's house a few miles down the street. | Grandma welcomed them with open arms. | The 3 of them had a big dinner at night. | Bob's daughter thanked Grandma for the delicious meal. | Bob angrily drove home after the meal. | 1 |