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Write the following paragraphs,inserting a, an, and the where needed
Write the following paragraphs,inserting a, an, and the where needed
A. Horse knows when he is going to race. How does he know? His breakfast was scanty.(He is angry about that.) He does not have saddle on his back. He is being led, notridden, to grandstand. He is led under grandstand into unusual, special stall. Horse isnervous. Sometimes he does not know what to do when starting gate flies open andtrack is before him. If he does not begin to run instantly, other horses are already aheadof him. During race, when he sees another horse just ahead of him, he will try to passhim. Sometimes jockey holds him back to save his energy for last stretch. Eventuallyhorse gets to run as fast as he can. Exercise boy, watching owner's favorite jockeyriding horse he has exercised day after day, says nothing. Secretly, he is planning forday when he will be jockey himself, and his horse will be first to cross finish line.
B. I have horse of my own. I call her Pretty Girl. She is intelligent animal, but she is notthoroughbred horse. I could never enter her in race, even if I wanted to. But I do notwant to. She is companion, for my own pleasure. I took her swimming day or two ago. Fill in the blanks with the right Words gives in brackets against each blanks. It was winter. ________ (A/The ) ponds were all frozen. At the court, Akber askedBirbal, “Tell me Birbal! Will a man ________(do / does) anything for money ?’’Birbalreplied, ‘Yes’. The Emperer ordered_______ (him / his ) to prove it. The next day Birbal___________ (come / came) to the court along with a poorbrahmin who merely _______ (had /has) a penny left with him. III. Compound Preposition Read the following sentences from the play 'The Dear Departed' and noticethe underlined words. 1. Victoria dressed according to her mother's instructions. 2. You both say that because of what I have told you about leaving my money. 3. It was here instead of in his room. The underlined phrases are compound prepositional phrases. The following aresome more important compound prepositional phrases. Their meanings are givenin bracket along with (together with)