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Answers\u003Cbr>1.  can't  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 2) The telephone was not widely available in homes until several decades after it was first invented. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2.  wasn't  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 3) \"The first photographs were not in color, and they required people to stay perfectly still for minutes,\" Mrs. Adams explained. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3.  weren't \u003Cbr>4. aren't |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 4) Tomatoes are not vegetables in the scientific sense because they develop from the flower of the plant. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5.  shouldn't  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 5) Children should not skip breakfast because the brain needs fuel to focus during morning lessons. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6.  hasn't  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 6) Modern science has not fully explained how homing pigeons find their way back |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | [7. ](7.  it)[ it](7.  it)'s  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| across vast 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