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Now, use the verb given in bracket in the following sentence in their correct form. We ______(hear) a lot of noise because the new buildings ______(transmit) sound vacant. - English

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Now, use the verb given in bracket in the following sentence in their correct form.

We ______(hear) a lot of noise because the new buildings ______(transmit) sound vacant.

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We hear a lot of noise because the new buildings are transmitting sound vacant.

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Chapter 1.1: The Portrait of a Lady - Grammar- Tenses [Page 14]

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Samacheer Kalvi English Class 11 TN Board
Chapter 1.1 The Portrait of a Lady
Grammar- Tenses | Q b. 5. | Page 14

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