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Grammar Skills
A. Use of ‘While’
We use while to show that two things happened at the same time.
Read these sentences.
Example: While we were eating, the phone rang.
Combine the sentences using while.
1. I was doing my homework. The lights went out.
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2. We were out. A thief broke into the house.
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3. Mina was watching TV. Someone knocked at the door.
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4. I was getting into the bus. I slipped and fell.
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5. Mother was in the garden. A cat crept into the kitchen.
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B. Use of so ... as
We use so ..... as to compare two things or people.
Example: “I am not so powerful as the genie of the lamp,” said the genie of the ring.
Expand the clues using so .... as.
1. Mumbai / not / big / Kolkata _________________________________
2. a television / not / expensive / a computer _________________________________
3. a bear / not strong / an elephant _________________________________
4. your bag / not heavy / mine _________________________________
5. I / not tall / you / are _________________________________
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