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Question
Complete the following sentence using appropriate determiner.
______ fertilizer used these days spoils the soil.
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Solution
Each fertilizer used these days spoils the soil.
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| saxophone | ||
| volcano | ||
| Eiffel Tower | ||
| Boycott | ||
| Mount Everest |
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| leaf |  |
_______. |
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A ________ of bees.
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| 1. | Photo | mathematics |
| 2. | Math | centum |
| 3. | Cent | photograph |
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| 1. | Son | princess |
| 2. | Tiger | heroine |
| 3. | King | daughter |
| 4. | Prince | queen |
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Complete the following with appropriate conditional clause.
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