Question 27
Choose the most grammatically correct sentence.
Yesterday was an alarming quite day.
Yesterday was quite a day alarming.
Yesterday was alarming a quite day.
Yesterday was quite an alarming day.
English 2 Quiz 1 27 Oct 2024 — Question 27
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Yesterday was quite an alarming day.
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Question 27 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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