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By filling appropriate letters in the blank spaces, you will get a past participle from it. Use the word as an adjective in your own sentence. One is done for you.
(a) s _ _ n _ d
Word- signed. The advocate took all the signed documents to the court.
(b) p_ _ z _ d
(c) f_ _ t_ e n e_
(d) b _ i _ e_
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Solution
- Word – signed. The advocate took all the signed documents to the court.
- Word – prized. The pen I lost was a prized one.
- Word – flattened. Dozens of houses were flattened by the tornado.
- Word – boiled. We used to drink boiled water.
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