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Choose the appropriate linker from within the option and complete the sentence. It started raining, _________ we could not play. - English

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Question

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

It started raining, ______we could not play.

Options

  • yet

  • so

MCQ
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Solution

It started raining, so we could not play.

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Chapter 2.1: A Nice Cup of Tea - Grammar- Connectives or Linkers [Page 47]

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Chapter 2.1 A Nice Cup of Tea
Grammar- Connectives or Linkers | Q 1 b) | Page 47

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