Fill in each blank in the following paragraph with an appropriate phrase or clause, as indicated.

There is an old car parked (1) __________________________________ (phrase). It has been there for (2) __________________________________________ (phrase). I wanted to have it towed, but (3) _____________________________________________________ (clause). The neighbors are complaining (4) ______________________________________ (phrase), and they say (5) ________________________________________________ (clause). That just means (6) ____________________________________________________ (clause), but there isn’t anything I can do about that. Now I think I’ll call the City Police Department, and maybe they can figure out who the owner is. If so, they might be able to
(7) ____________________________________________ (phrase). People don’t realize that
(8) _____________________________________________________ (clause). If it were my car, I would (9) ___________________________________________________ (phrase), because I believe (10) __________________________________________________________ (clause).


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