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Question
Listen carefully and classify the following into ‘one’ and ‘many’.
day, contrasts, teacher, lives, months, years, afternoon, porch, signs, face, fingers, leaves, blossoms, anger, bitterness, weeks, struggle, ship, darkness
| one | many |
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Solution
| one | many |
| day, teacher, afternoon, porch, face, anger, bitterness, struggle, ship, darkness | contrast, lives, months, years, signs, fingers, leaves, blossoms, weeks. |
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