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Complete the passage - Neha: I'm really looking forward to the class picnic tomorrow. Nanita: Yes, after a long time we will be meeting our friends and teachers. - English - Language and Literature

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Read the following conversation and complete the passage that follows:

Neha: I'm really looking forward to the class picnic tomorrow.

Nanita: Yes, after a long time we will be meeting our friends and teachers.

Neha told Namita (1) ______ looking forward to the class picnic ______, Namita agreed that after a long time. (2) ______ friends and teachers.

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Solution

Neha told Namita that she was really looking forward to the class picnic the next day, Namita agreed that after a long time they would be meeting their friends and teachers.

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2021-2022 (March) Outside Delhi Set 1

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