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Complete the following sentences.
(i) Toto climbed up the curtains when ————————————————————————————————
(ii) _________________________________________________———————————————————————, I became one of the tiger’s favourites.
iii) Timothy had clean habits, ___________________ ————————————————————————————————————
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Solution
(i) Toto climbed up the curtains when Timothy lost his temper.
(ii) When I came to live with my Grandfather, I became one of the tiger’s favourites.
(iii) Timothy had clean habits, he would scrub his face with his paws exactly like a cat.
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