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Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary EducationHSC Science Class 11

Fill in the blank using past perfect tense form of the verb: Mariappan knew Pudukottai so well because he ______(live) there for five years.

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Fill in the blank using past perfect tense form of the verb:

Mariappan knew Pudukottai so well because he ______(live) there for five years.

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Mariappan knew Pudukottai so well because he had lived there for five years.

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Chapter 1.1: The Portrait of a Lady - Grammar- Tenses [Page 16]

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Samacheer Kalvi English Class 11 TN Board
Chapter 1.1 The Portrait of a Lady
Grammar- Tenses | Q f. iv. | Page 16

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