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Imagine that you will go to the bookshop tomorrow. What will you do there? Write five sentences beginning with –
- I shall______
- I shall______
- I shall______
- I shall______
- I shall______
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Solution
- I shall go through several books.
- I shall read a few of them.
- I shall select some books of my choice.
- I shall buy them.
- I shall return home and read them.
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