Решите срочно!!! Пожалуйста The night before the exam, Tom tried his

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The night before the exam, Tom tried his hardest to
(1) articulate/memorise/interpret all of the irregular verbs on the list, an activity he perceived (2) like/so/as boring. After about half an hour he found his mind
(3) grasping/struggling/wandering to his favourite TV series. I wish I had a (4) grasp/gift/way for learning languages, he moaned. After another half an hour of staring at the page he couldnt (5) recall/perceive/grasp a single verb. Then he started reading the list out loud and within 20 minutes he had learned the lot!