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v6 fill in the blanks using the appropriate form of the words given in
brackets.
We had a ………… [wonder] holiday at Ooty last summer. The
weather was ……….[cool] most of the time. We had ……… [please]
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showers almost daily. The food was ………. [delicious], but father
thought it was rather ………[spice]. The people were ………. [friend]
and the scenery was extremely ……….[attract]. We took a lot of ………..
[beauty] photographs of the hills and valleys. One night we watched a
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show of folk dance and music. Oh, it was so ………… [entertain]! On the
last day, we went to the State Emporium and bought some ………………..
[art] things made out of wood.
v7 Rewrite the following sentences after making necessary
corrections.

1. The news are very good.
2. There are 26 letters in the English alphabets.
3. Please give me some informations.

4. I have bought some furnitures last week.

5. Politics are the last resort of scoundrels.
6. There are more sceneries in the paintings.

Note :- The following words are generally used in the singular:

furniture, alphabet, scenery, machinery, information, vocation, hair.
The following words have plural form but take a singular verb:

physics, politics, economics, news, innings, headquarters.

a. listen and speak

Diphthongs /ɪə/, /eə/ and /ʊə/

Task 1. Teacher says these words. listen and repeat after each word.

fear, sheer, cheer, mere, hear

What is the common sound in all the words? Yes, it is the
diphthong sound /ɪə/.

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