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Thinking About the Language Consult Your Dictionary and Choose the Correct Word from the Pairs Given in Brackets.Our College (Principle/Principal) is Very Strict.

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Thinking about the Language
 Consult your dictionary and choose the correct word from the pairs given in brackets.

Our college (principle/principal) is very strict.

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Our college principal is very strict.

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Chapter 11: If I Were You - Thinking about Language [Page 145]

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NCERT English Beehive [English] Class 9
Chapter 11 If I Were You
Thinking about Language | Q 1.2 | Page 145

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