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Add suitable question tag to the following sentence and punctuate properly. Somebody must bell the cat.

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Add suitable question tag to the following sentence and punctuate properly.

Somebody must bell the cat.

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Somebody must bell the cat, mustn’t they?

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Chapter 3.1: In Celebration of Being Alive - Grammar- Interrogations or Questions [Page 81]

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Chapter 3.1 In Celebration of Being Alive
Grammar- Interrogations or Questions | Q 1. 6. | Page 81

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