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English II · Quiz 1 · 27 Oct 2024 · September 2024 term

English 2 Quiz 1 27 Oct 2024 — Question 18

Question 18

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Read the following sentence and identify how many adverbial phrases of place are in it. ‘Finally, I walked toward my car, parked near the whistling pine trees.’

  1. A

    One: “Finally”

  2. B

    Two: “Finally” and “Toward my car”

  3. C

    Two: “Toward my car” and “Near the whistling pine trees”

  4. D

    One: “Parked near the whistling pine trees”

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  • C

    Two: “Toward my car” and “Near the whistling pine trees”

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Question 18 of 40 in the IIT Madras BS English II (English 2) Quiz 1 paper sat on 27 Oct 2024, in the September 2024 term (IIT M FOUNDATION AN EXAM QDF2 27 Oct 2024). It carries 1 mark.

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