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Question
Based on your reading of the passage, complete the statements using given connectors.
(a) The mother, father ______ thought ______ (and)
(b) They planned to walk to the woods ______ (which)
(c) They reached the place ______ in eighteen months (which)
(d) They eagerly unpacked their picnic basket ______ (but)
(e) It was ______, when the three tortoises arrived at the picnic place, (after)
(f) The mother tortoise ordered the baby to go home for the opener, saying ______ (that).
(g) ______ (but) was not willing at first.
(h) The mother and father promised to wait ______ (until)
(i) ______ they began to get very hungry, (after)
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Solution
(a) The mother, father and the baby tortoise thought to go for a picnic (and)
(b) They planned to walk to the woods which were at some distance (which)
(c) They reached the place which could be covered in eighteen months (which)
(d) They eagerly unpacked their picnic basket but the mother began to search for something inside the basket (but)
(e) It was after three years,, when the three tortoises arrived at the picnic place, (after)
(f) The mother tortoise ordered the baby to go home for the opener, saying that she would not touch a thing until he came back. (that).
(g) But Mother Tortoise (but) was not willing at first.
(h) The mother and father promised to wait until the baby came (until)
(i) After six years they began to get very hungry, (after)
Notes
You have combined and completed each sentence with the help of words called connectors.
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