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प्रश्न
Find the incorrect sentences and then rewrite them correctly. Put a tick mark (✓)against the sentences that you think are correct.
1) By 2005, the singer recorded ten albums.
2) When I got to the bank, it had closed.
3) Timothy, the tiger, had killed five calves yesterday.
4) When Rehman met Mini ten years later, she grew up into a young girl.
5) By the time we reached the airport, the flight had left.
6) We hardly went a kilometre or so when the car broke down.
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उत्तर
- By 2005, the singer had recorded ten albums.
- When I got to the bank, it had closed.
- Timothy, the tiger, killed five calves yesterday.
- When Rehman met Mini ten years later, she had grown up into a young girl.
- By the time we reached the airport, the flight had left.
- We had hardly gone a kilometre or so when the car broke down.
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