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Read the following extract and fill in the spaces with the right form of verbs and complete the passage. The first one is done for you.

During the monsoon, a tender slightly warm breeze 1 ______(blow) on a cloudless afternoon. A sort of fragrance 2 ______(rise) from the wet grass and trees in the sunlight. It 3 ______(seem) as if the warm breath of the exhausted earth 4 ______(fall) against one’s skin. A sweet voiced bird somewhere 5 ______(chirp) repeatedly.

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During the monsoon, a tender slightly warm breeze 1 blows on a cloudless afternoon. A sort of fragrance 2 rises from the wet grass and trees in the sunlight. It 3 seems as if the warm breath of the exhausted earth 4 falls against one’s skin. A sweet voiced bird somewhere 5 chirps repeatedly.

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पाठ 1.1: The Portrait of a Lady - Grammar- Tenses [पृष्ठ १६]

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पाठ 1.1 The Portrait of a Lady
Grammar- Tenses | Q h. (ii) | पृष्ठ १६

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