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7. We were not there. So we could not help them.

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8. You did not think properly. So you took a wrong decision.

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9. It’s not Sunday. So I cannot go anywhere.

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10. My grandfather is not alive or he will be 80 this year.

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C. Partitives

In English grammar, partitives are used to refer to an amount or number of something. They
are used to express a part of a whole. They are used with countable and non-countable nouns.
Study the following partitives.

• a cloud of gas • a speck of dust

• a piece of advice • a work of art
• a fit of anger

Now fill in the blanks with suitable nouns for the given partitives.

grass chocolate wood wind corn

thunder rain music garbage sunshine

1. a shower of ________________ 2. a piece of ________________

3. a ray of ________________ 4. a clap of ________________

5. a pile of ________________ 6. a gust of ________________

7. a block of ________________ 8. an ear of ________________

9. a blade of ________________ 10. a bar of ________________

Pronunciation

Learn how to pronounce these words.
colossal kuh-law-sl chores chawz
commotion kuh-moh-shn superintendent soo-pruh-tuhn-dnt

unfazed uhn-fayzd

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