What evidence in the text shows that Arya is focusing on running to forget her feelings? Complete the sentences.

At the track meet, Arya first tries to  by controlling her  breathing. Then, she looks at the  hurdles in order to stop thinking  about her grandparents. When the  pistol pops, she surges ahead and  jumps over the first hurdle. Her  efforts are working because she feels  confident as she moves forward.

Explanation:

The given sentences have been completed adequately as mentioned above. These details substantiate how Arya attempts to focus on her running in order to disregard her emotions. She was extremely high on emotions and breathing very quickly. Firstly, she controls her breathing and tries to relax, and then, she focuses on the obstacles of the race to give her thoughts(towards her grandparents) a break. Then she slowly moves forward and as soon as she crosses the first hurdle, she begins to feel more confident and moves ahead.

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the present continuous is a verb tense which is mainly used to indicates that an action is in progress at the moment of speaking.  

it is formed using: person + verb to be (am/is/are) +verb + - ing form  

example: i am studying at this moment .

in addition, the present continuous is also used in order to express things that will or will not happen in the near future.

example: i am having dinner with some friends tonight.

the speaker sometimes   uses it   to express that an action is repeated and it causes irritation on the part of the speaker

example: my sister is constantly complaining about everything.