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Fill in the blank with the correct infinitive. The boys went to the forest ______birds. - English

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Question

Fill in the blank with the correct infinitive.

The boys went to the forest ______birds.

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Solution

The boys went to the forest to watch birds.

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Chapter 5.1: The Status of Tamil as a Classical Language - Grammar- Non-finite verbs [Page 156]

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Chapter 5.1 The Status of Tamil as a Classical Language
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