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Correct the error found in the question tag in each of the following
The employees are seldom allowed to meet their boss, aren’t they?
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Solution
The employees are seldom allowed to meet their boss, are they?
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2. to take ill: to suddenly become ill
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Identify the preposition in the given sentence and underline them.
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Write the gerund/infinitive form of the verb in the blank.
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Given below in Column A are some phrasal verbs taken from the text. Find the meanings by using a dictionary and complete Column B.
| S. No. |
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| Phrasal Verb | Meaning | |
| 1. | fond of | |
| 2. | hidden away | |
| 3. | lock up | |
| 4. | laughed at | |
| 5. | look at | |
| 6. | bring up | |
| 7. | gave up | |
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| 9. | went through | |
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My mother ______ in a factory.
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Fill in the blank with appropriate airline vocabulary given in the options.
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Fill in the blank with appropriate airline vocabulary given in the options.
We will be ______in Chennai in approximately ten minutes.
Refer to a dictionary for the meanings and choose the odd one.
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Fill in the blank with words given in the box to make compound word.
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| Name of the object | In your mother tongue | Use in a sentence |
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swim - ______.
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| scarce | |||
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