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प्रश्न
Complete the following sentence using appropriate determiner.
I am very tired today, as I had ______ guests today.
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उत्तर
I am very tired today, as I had many guests today.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Read the following sentence:
(i) She muttered in reply and we looked at Jeevan for a quick interpretation.
(ii) These are two complete sentences underlying the above sentence.
- She muttered in reply.
- We looked at Jeevan for a quick interpretation.
These two sentences are put together by using the coordinating conjunction ‘and’.
Such sentences are joined by coordinating conjunctions (and/ but/ either...or; neither...nor) are called compound sentences.
Sentence ‘a’ and ‘b’ are Simple Sentences.
Each of them has only one subject and one predicate.
Sentence ‘a’ and ‘b’ can be written in another way.
As she muttered in reply, we looked at Jeevan for a quick interpretation.
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This is my pen.
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+ |  |
| ____________ | ||
Read the example and fill in the blank in the same pattern.
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Tribel
