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during the day is much more than the oxygen take in  (g) ______     ______     ______

                 while breathing. During the night is no photosynthesis. (h) ______     ______     ______

                                                        (5)
                                                                       Before  Missing word     After

                 In whole Harry Potter series, my favourite           (a) ______     ______     ______
                 book Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. This     (b) ______     ______     ______

                 wonderful story caught my attention the very         (c) ______     ______     ______
                 first reading. The character I feel highly attached   (d) ______     ______     ______

                 is magnificent magician, Harry. His magical          (e) ______     ______     ______
                 powers and his sincere attachment to people he       (f) ______     ______     ______

                 loves make him unique. Apart Harry, I like           (g) ______     ______     ______
                 Ron and Hermione, of Harry’s dearest friends.        (h) ______     ______     ______

                                                        (6)

                                                                       Before  Missing word     After
                 Akbar, famous Mughal emperor, had nine great         (a) ______     ______     ______
                 people in court. They were called the navratnas      (b) ______     ______     ______

                 or the nine gems. Tansen was one them. He was        (c) ______     ______     ______
                 the greatest singer-musician of time. Tansen         (d) ______     ______     ______

                 combined the Indian Persian styles of music          (e) ______     ______     ______
                 and developed style of his own. It is said           (f) ______     ______     ______

                 that he bring rains by singing Raga                  (g) ______     ______     ______
                 Malhar light fires by singing Raga Deepak.           (h) ______     ______     ______

                                                        (7)
                                                                       Before  Missing word     After
                 Mothers superhumans in our eyes                      (a) ______     ______     ______

                 someone could run the entire house without           (b) ______     ______     ______
                 faltering, and still find time to take care every    (c) ______     ______     ______

                 little detail concerning children and family. But    (d) ______     ______     ______
                 what we all forget is that besides being mother,     (e) ______     ______     ______
                 she is a human being, individual with dreams,        (f) ______     ______     ______

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