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Choose the appropriate linker from within the options and complete the sentence. I could not complete my paper in the examination ______ I was slow in answering the questions. - English

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प्रश्न

Choose the appropriate linker from within the options and complete the sentence.

I could not complete my paper in the examination ______ I was slow in answering the questions.

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  • because

  • but

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उत्तर

I could not complete my paper in the examination because I was slow in answering the questions.

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पाठ 2.1: A Nice Cup of Tea - Grammar- Connectives or Linkers [पृष्ठ ४७]

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पाठ 2.1 A Nice Cup of Tea
Grammar- Connectives or Linkers | Q 1 a) | पृष्ठ ४७

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