Question

10% Rewrite the following text choosing the correct words/ phrases from the brackets. 6X1=6 One day when I got home, tired after a morning's shopping, I found that my purse had been stolen. I at once retracted my steps as far as the chemist's in.............(a/an/the) main road where I had bought some (Because/But/Therefore) medicine... there was no sign of the purse .........(on/in/at) the pavement. Luckily, there .......... (was/were/had) not much money in it, but it contained a photograph of my daughter. Later in the day, I called at the police station to enquire if they had found the purse. A policeman said, "Somebody had handed it there. If you .....(did not write/ do not write/ had not written) your address, you would not have gof it back," he added. The man was a driver who had made a note of his name and address. His address made me (to thank, thank, thanked) him.​

Answer 1

One day when I got home, tired after a morning's shopping, I found out that my purse had been stolen. I at once retracted my steps as far as the chemist's in the main road where I had bough some but medicine, there was no sign of the pure on the pavement. Luckily, there was not much money in it, but it contained a photograph of my daughter. Later in the day, I called at the police station to enquire if they had found the purse. A policeman said, "Somebody had handed it there. If you had not written your address, you would not have git it back," he added. The man was a driver who had made a note of his name and address. His address made me to thank him.​

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