Long conversation W: Guess what Dad! I won the school spelling competition today! I’m the best (1) ______ out of all 450 students at my middle school! I won by spelling the word “excellence”correctly after Jimmy (2) ______ on the word “(3) ______”. He added an extra “k”after “c”. M: Wow, that’s great, sweetheart! I’m so proud of you. I still remember when I was 13 and I won my school’s big spelling competition. I (4) ______ all the way to the state competition in Sacramento, California! W: You went all the way to the state (5) ______for a spelling competition? Our competition was just in the school (6) ______. M: Yes! Our state competition was in a big theater in Sacramento. We (7) ______ two hours from our home to get there. I wore my new blue suit! I even (8)______ my dad’s favorite green (9) ______ for good luck! W: Did you win? M: Almost! I came in (10) ______. I was so sad after I misspelled “knowledgeable”. But my mom gave me a big hug afterwards, and then we went out for ice cream. Um ... vanilla ice cream. W: Wow Dad! Second place in the state competition! In my next competition, I’m going to wear my favorite new yellow dress for good luck! And we can go out and have vanilla ice cream, too!