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Tick the Right Answer.When You Appreciate Something, You (Find It Good and Useful/Find It of No Use).

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Tick the right answer.

When you appreciate something, you (find it good and useful/find it of no use).

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When you appreciate something, you find it good and useful.

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Chapter 2.1: The Sound of Music - Thinking about Language [Page 27]

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NCERT English Beehive [English] Class 9
Chapter 2.1 The Sound of Music
Thinking about Language | Q 3.5 | Page 27

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