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              3.  chetan has just bought a new car
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              4.  the atacama desert is the driest place on the earth
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        B.  Rewrite these sentences by inserting punctuation marks, wherever necessary.
              1.  I have no confidence in Kapils driving
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              2.  Stop it I hate that noise.
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              3.  Sheela are you out of your mind
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              4.  See it wasnt all that hot after all
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              5.  Where have all the butterflies gone
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        C.  Rewrite these sentences by correcting the use of incorrect punctuation marks.
              1.  at the holi Festival seema was Present as also reema?
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              2.  at the delhi Station the strange’r asked what time does the rajdhani express arrive
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              3.  dont throw out the bab’y with the Bath water
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              4.  the road up the himalayas was long winding and steep!
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              5.  the titanic was a luxury cruise ship that, sank in the atlantic, ocean
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              6.  the japanese are a “very hard-working race”?
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          Somebody has stolen all the commas. Insert the missing commas in these sentences.
                1.  We learnt algebra integers and geometry in maths.
                2.  Our mailbox is always full of flyers magazines and lots of bills.

                3.  My lucky numbers are seven twelve sixteen and twenty-four.
                4.  Flour sugar butter and milk are what you need to buy.
                5.  Steve replied “No problem.”
                6.  I have a big old warm quilt on my bed.                                                        Punctuation
                7.  “Its too late” she replied.

                8.  The truth in my opinion is that we are all guilty.








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