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After the butterflies, the chapter begins ‘Big Joe ate

After the butterflies, the chapter begins ‘Big Joe ate …….. What do you notice about the tense in this chapter?

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Big Joe ate more than all the rest of us put together. Everything was his favourite —bread and butter pudding with raisins, potato pie, cheese and pickle, stew and dumplings— whatever Mother cooked, he’d stuff it in and scoff it down.

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