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Everyday English Grammar Online Worksheet: Class VII
Everyday English Grammar Online Worksheet: Class VII
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Class VII
Nouns
A. Find the common noun that is a ‘person’ in the following sentences.
1. The painter received deafening applause at the ceremony.
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2. Did you return the books to the librarian? ______________
3. The woodcutter started chopping the tree down. ______________
4. Do you know which scientist received the Nobel Prize?
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5. The captain of the ship prepared for the difficult journey ahead.
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6. The activist led the protest march till the war memorial.
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7. Did you tell the driver to come early this morning? ______________
8. How old is your nephew? ______________
B. Spot the collective noun and its group in the following sentences.
1. On our safari we saw a tribe of monkeys making
its way to the watering hole. ______________
2. The choir of singers stepped onto the stage. ______________
3. The troupe of dancers boarded the flight. ______________
4. It was difficult taking the hen away from her brood
of chickens. ______________
C. Objects and substances that can be experienced through our senses are
concrete nouns. Identify the concrete nouns in the following sentences.
1. Sanya’s puppy licked the chocolate ice cream
off her plate. ______________
2. The thief ran off with father’s wallet. ______________
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3. Rod Sullivan was struck by lightning on seven different
occasions and survived all of them. ______________
4. Rahul broke his mother’s glasses. ______________
5. I’m going to buy myself a red dress. ______________
6. I baked a batch of cookies in the oven. ______________
7. The fresh snowfall made the field look as if it had a
beautiful white carpet. ______________
8. She collected some yellow flowers for her mother on
her way home. ______________
B. Fill in the blanks with appropriate quantity/unit words for the uncountable
nouns. Use the correct forms of the words given in the box below.
grain cup bag loaf bottle tablespoon round ton
1. A ______________ of bricks
2. A ______________ of water
3. A ______________ of rice
4. A ______________ of coffee
5. A ______________ of honey
6. A ______________ of flour
7. A ______________ of bread
8. A ______________ of cheese
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C. Correct the following sentences.
1. There are much slices of bread in the box.
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2. How many sugar is left?
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3. Would you get me few cup of coffee?
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4. The pool has many water in it.
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5. You have so much toys!
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6. Is there many way out of this mess?
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7. Would you like few wine?
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8. Please lend me few money?
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Adjectives
A. Underline the adjectives and identify whether they are attributive or
predicative.
1. She stood on her rooftop and watched the red balloons
go by. ______________
2. Gauri’s niece is adorable. ______________
3. Arjun reached the edge of the cliff just in time to
catch the magnificent sunrise. ______________
4. Her friend’s cold behaviour left her bewildered. ______________
5. The professor refused to teach the uninterested class. ______________
6. Rahul left the damaged toy for Mukesh and bought
himself a new one. ______________
Nouns used as
Adjectives Nouns
adjectives
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The Articles
A. For each blank space, choose the proper article (an, an, the). Leave blank
space empty where no article is required.
1. Did you manage to speak to ______________ man I referred you to?
2. My best friend gifted me ______________ puppy for my birthday.
3. Let’s go to ______________ Sikkim!
4. ______________ milk shake we had yesterday was delicious!
5. Bengaluru has ______________ ideal climate.
6. I usually dislike ______________ cats, but I can tolerate my friend’s
cat.
7. Is this ______________ bad time? Should we speak later?
8. Let’s go this way, I know ______________ shortcut.
B. Fill in the blanks with a or an. Put a cross (x) where no article is required.
1. ______________ water sparkled like ______________ million gems.
2. Is this ______________ famous restaurant you were talking about?
3. How far is ______________ railways station from here? Should I take
______________ taxi?
4. I waited ______________ year for this opportunity.
5. Harsha had ______________ idea that could revolutionise
______________ automobile industry.
6. Can you tell me ______________ time?
(Source: Wikipedia)
Pronouns
A. Underline the personal, reflexive and emphatic pronouns and write them
in the space provided.
1. Mrs. Dutta said she would buy the flowers herself.
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2. He had made a big mistake and only had himself to blame for it.
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3. She was asked to give a speech by the principal himself.
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4. She trekked till the base camp all by herself.
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5. Abhay could not finish the cake by himself.
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6. We have only ourselves to blame for the unlawfulness of the situation.
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7. We ourselves went to pick up our trophy.
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8. They told us that they would have delivered it themselves.
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C. Add the phrase in brackets to the sentences using relative pronouns and
rewrite the sentences in the space provided.
1. I hand-wrote a letter to my cousin (my cousin lives in Japan)
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2. Tanya wore the blue dress (Tanya’s mother had bought her the dress)
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3. Namita brought a puppy home (the puppy had been hit by a car)
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4. She likes films (the films have happy endings)
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5. She followed the rabbit (the rabbit disappeared into the bushes)
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6. The man is in the living room (the man is father’s childhood friend)
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E. Identify the indefinite and distributive pronouns and write them in the
space provided.
1. I left my bicycle in the park, but somebody stole it. ______________
2. One should always share. ______________
3. None of these films are worth watching but I like
a few of these books. ______________
4. Can anybody tell me if there are too many people
in the park today? ______________
5. I was very happy because everybody that I invited
came for the party. ______________
6. Riddhi has two dogs, neither is very well behaved.
Each of the dogs has a bad temper. ______________
7. Either of these books can be adapted into a play. ______________
Prepositions
A. Underline the simple, compound and complex prepositions in the following
sentences.
1. She had to leap over the stream to get to the village.
2. Who is that boy sitting between Tarun and Ramya?
3. What is Jai staring at?
4. Did you check under the bed?
5. According to this map, the next restaurant is 5 km away.
6. Karan called her within seconds.
7. Mr. Adhikari’s daughter accepted the award on behalf of him.
8. Ritu gave an outstanding performance in spite of her illness.
Determiners
A. Identify the determiners in the following sentences and write them in
the space provided.
1. These potato chips are making me thirsty.
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2. I waited for a few minutes before ringing the door-bell again.
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3. Shivangi helped the old lady as much as she could.
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4. I have very little time to finish my report. The deadline is tomorrow!
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5. Did either of you bother to call Nidhi after the accident?
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6. Rahul has very little interest in books. You could gift him as many video
games you want, he will love each one of them.
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7. Can you take a little time out and buy me some socks? They should have
many stripes on them.
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8. I walk by the house on the corner every day, neither Uday nor his father
seem to be at home.
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9. What day is Sanya supposed to return? Will she have a little time to
spare for me?
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B. Choose the correct form of verb from the brackets or change the form and
fill in the blanks.
1. She always ______________ (puts, put, putted) lots of salt in her food.
2. She can’t come for a month, her leg is ______________. (to break)
3. Her leg ______________ (hurt, hurts, hurted) when she broke it.
4. Since she gets bored alone at home throughout the day, her mother
______________ (let, lets, letted) her stay up late at night when her
sister comes home.
The Sentence
A. Form affirmative and negative statements using the clues given below.
1. museum she exhibitions art like
affirmative ________________________________________________
negative ________________________________________________
2. student protest the respond president
affirmative ________________________________________________
negative ________________________________________________
3. favourite triangle shape
affirmative ________________________________________________
negative ________________________________________________
4. celebrated one year anniversary Ushna
affirmative ________________________________________________
negative ________________________________________________
5. confusing film the watched we night last
affirmative ________________________________________________
negative ________________________________________________
C. Identify the subject and predicate in the following sentences and change
the forms as indicated in the brackets.
1. How fiercely the wind blows! (change to interrogative)
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2. You should drive carefully. (change to imperative)
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3. Do you think we will be able to reach her party on time? (change to
assertive)
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4. The teacher handed out a syllabus on the first day of school. (change to
interrogative)
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5. The study of human population is called demography. (change to
interrogative)
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D. Underline the verbs in the following sentences and write whether they
are used transitively or intransitively.
1. The doorman opened the door. _________________________
2. Pratyasha giggled nervously. _________________________
3. They are leaving tomorrow morning. _________________________
4. Ashutosh lives in Odisha. _________________________
5. Mother brought some delicious muffins. _________________________
6. Aparna knocked on the door. _________________________
7. She took her mobile phone to class. _________________________
8. Afreen thanked her uncle graciously. _________________________
9. The bee died outside. _________________________
10. Arushi threw the FrisbeeTM. _________________________
B. Fill in the blanks with correct infinitive forms of the verbs given in
brackets.
1. Did you know he was ______________ today? (perform)
2. Would you like ______________ with us? (eat)
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3. He wanted ______________ the new silent film. (watch)
4. Father asked us ______________ for him at the corner. (wait)
5. Do you want ______________ to the new poem I composed? (listen)
6. Shikha wants ______________ to Spain next summer. (travel)
Modal Auxiliaries
A. Fill in the blanks with can, could, may, might and must.
1. Ananya said she ______________ join us later. (possibility)
2. ______________ you hold the door open for me? (request)
3. The assignment ______________ be submitted today. (necessity)
4. I ______________ buy the Sony PS4 next month (possibility)
5. You ______________ proceed without me. (possibility)
6. He ______________ have sneaked out quietly. (possibility)
7. We ______________ stay up all night. (necessity)
8. ______________ I sit with you? (permission)
9. She travelled far and wide so she ______________ make a good
documentary. (purpose)
10. I ______________ ride my bicycle on steep inclines. (ability)
D. Rewrite the following sentences using the modals given in brackets. One
has been done for you.
1. It is possible for you to join us later. (could)
Example: You could join us later.
2. It was a habit of Ritu’s to leave home at half-past seven. (would)
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3. It will be wonderful if it rained today. (would)
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4. I’m commanding you to stop eating those chips. (shall)
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5. We have an obligation to finish this project before the deadline. (should,
must)
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6. She has been permitted to enter the country again. (may, can)
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Adverbs
A. Read the following sentences and find the adjectives in them. Fill in
the blanks with corresponding adverbs. Identify its kind in the space
provided.
1. The driver we have now is very careful. Look how ______________ he
parks the car.
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2. Pamela is a very eloquent speaker. You should attend the lecture and
hear her speak ______________.
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3. Tushar is a very quiet boy. He is often found sitting ______________ by
himself.
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4. I’m late for my appointment with Mr. Khatri. Have you seen him
______________?
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B. Fill in the blanks with an adverb of degree given in the box below. Say
whether the adverb modifies a verb, an adjective or another adverb.
patiently boldly almost reluctantly tomorrow
enthusiastically eloquently poorly mysteriously jealously
D. Identify the compound adverbs, and state whether they modify a verb,
an adjective or another adverb.
1. Just a day after the surgery Nethra was
up-and-about! ________________
2. Rahul had fallen asleep by the time we
reached home. ________________
3. I think about you everyday. ________________
4. Irritated, Shruti walked ahead of us. ________________
5. Meanwhile, I sat down and finished an apple. ________________
Subject-Verb Agreement
A. Underline and label the complete subject, the simple subject and the
verb in the following sentences.
1. Urmi dances beautifully.
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2. The tall silent man stood at the back of the hall.
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3. The big magnificent bird flew over the mountains.
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4. There are four mangoes in the box.
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5. The courageous freedom fighters did not die in vain.
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6. We should build a harmonious society.
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D. State whether the following sentences are correct or wrong. Correct the
sentences that are wrong.
1. My trousers is lost.
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2. The Indian cricket team have made us proud.
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3. Sudeshna, accompanied by her mother, have arrived this morning.
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4. Economics were my favourite subject in college.
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5. The news were very disturbing.
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Conjunctions
A. Identify the conjunctions and state whether they are single, compound
or correlative.
1. You can have that piece of chocolate cake provided that you brush your
teeth twice a day.
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2. I told her I wouldn’t meet her but I was the first person to meet her on
her birthday.
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3. Such was her anger that her children hid in fear.
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4. Neither Kritika nor Divik is coming to attend the class today.
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5. I will talk to you as long as you keep your voice low and don’t create a
ruckus.
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6. I agreed to talk to him only after he promised to behave himself.
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B. Use the verb in brackets in the correct form to complete the sentences in
present continuous tense.
1. What ______________ this afternoon? (you do)
2. I’m sorry I can’t make it, I’m ______________ late tonight. (work)
3. Kshitij is ______________ for his exams. (not study)
4. Look, can you spot them ______________ the little boat? (row)
5. There is somebody ______________ at the door. (knock)
6. How many students are ______________ in the annual day functions?
(participate)
7. Are you ______________ my uncle’s company? (enjoy)
8. He is ______________ his urge to flee. (contain)
C. Use the correct form of the verb given in brackets to complete the
sentences below.
1. Sujit ______________ (walk) his dog last evening.
2. Do you know who ______________ (deliver) the lecture in yesterday’s
class?
3. Darpan ______________ (lose) his phone yesterday.
D. Use the correct past form of the verb given in brackets to complete the
sentences below.
1. The film ______________ (start) before we reached the cinema hall.
2. The house ______________ (burn) down before the firemen got there.
3. Marina ______________ (offer) to help you with your project last month.
4. She ______________ (mention) an obscure philosopher in her paper
when she ______________ (write) the first draft.
5. Tulsi ______________ (choreograph) this song before you joined the
academy.
E. Fill in the blanks with past perfect continuous tense form of the verbs
provided.
1. Amrita ______________ to the radio, when the news broke. (listen)
2. Uttam ______________ at the university, when mother fell ill. (teach)
3. Sushmita ______________ a ruckus all morning when her father finally
stepped in to scold her. (make)
4. Father ______________ on this book for years. (work)
B. Rewrite the following sentences in the passive, first with one of the
objects as the subject and then the other.
1. Riddhi gave mother a sari.
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2. Somebody broke into our school last night.
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3. Indrani gifted her father a turntable.
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4. They don’t speak French in this country.
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5. Amaya is feeding the dog a biscuit.
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E. Turn the verbs in brackets into suitable passive form and complete the
sentences.
1. Shruti ______________ a question by Sahil. (ask)
2. This song ______________ by Usha Uthup many years ago. (sing)
3. The show ______________ by Mr. Singh today. (organize)
4. The trainee ______________ about the new project. (inform)
Phrases
A. Identify the noun phrases in the following sentences.
1. Your house is over there. ________________
2. I love melted chocolate. ________________
3. Both of us sat through the long film. ________________
4. I like the dress that you bought. ________________
5. He brought me a bunch of purple orchids. ________________
6. The dog on the sofa is adorable! ________________
7. Is this the police officer’s motorcycle? ________________
8. The athlete who won a medal is giving a speech. ________________
9. We helped the old man who looked lost. ________________
10. The boy sitting in front of us is my brother. ________________
Clauses
A. Write whether the groups of words italicized in the following sentences
are phrases or clauses.
1. The cake that Jyotsna baked was very hard. ______________
2. I didn’t know that Nikhil arrived yesterday. ______________
3. Vrinda is laughing at a clown. ______________
4.
Vaishali is running for the election ______________
5.
I reached school on time. ______________
6. Please keep the books in the bookshelf. ______________
7.
My father looks handsome in this photograph. ______________
8.
They made sandwiches for the guests. ______________
D. Pick out the subordinate clause and identify what kind of a clause it is.
1. I still have not found what I’m looking for.
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2. Mr. Patel, who hates loud music, complained to my mother last night.
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3. My puppy broke the porcelain doll which my mother gave me.
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4. Blessy wore a dress which looked very nice.
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5. The song which I like helps me relax.
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6. I know the girl who has red hair.
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7. That pigs cannot fly is a fact.
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8. I love him because he is affectionate and honest.
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E. In each sentence, underline and label the adjective clause and circle the
noun which the adjective clause describes.
1. Anyone who is afraid of doing too much will end up doing too little.
2. The police officer tried to stop a car, which sped away further into the
night.
3. She sang a song which reminded me of my childhood days.
F. Underline the adverbial clause in each sentence and write what kind of
clause it is.
1. When I wave my handkerchief, start running. ________________
2. Nikita will start as soon as the rain stops. ________________
3. I visit museums so that I could learn. ________________
4. Parul will go for the vacation if she gets
permission from her boss. ________________
5. I asked her join our project as she is very learned. ________________
6. He behaved as though nothing happened. ________________
C. Join the following sentences to form complex sentences. Use the words
in the brackets to help you.
1. I want a month’s leave. I want to visit and document the temples of
South India. (because)
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2. The thief steals at night. He always wears black. (since)
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3. The man sitting next to my father is Girish Karnad. Girish Karnad is an
award winning playwright, actor and director. (who)
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4. You will meet him. You will understand what I’m talking about. (when)
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5. Kareem parked the car. There is a chemist’s shop there. (near)
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6. She is late. She will not miss the film screening. (although)
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7. My father called the police. He was worried about our safety. (as)
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8. They played a song on the radio. I could not place it. (which)
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9. I gifted Kartik a book. It is about World War II. (that)
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10. I brought a bottle of water from home. I finished it. (that)
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