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Pick out the finite verb in the following sentence: The sun having set, the temperature fell rapidly. - English

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Pick out the finite verb in the following sentence:

The sun having set, the temperature fell rapidly.

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Solution

fell

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Chapter 4.1: The Summit - Grammar [Page 122]

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Chapter 4.1 The Summit
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