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English I · Quiz 2 · 16 Mar 2025 · January 2025 term

Question 28: ‘What’s the smell? Ah! One bloom of the rose can perfume…

Question 28

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‘What’s the smell? Ah! One bloom of the rose can perfume the whole house.’
Choose the appropriate stress for the usage of the word ‘perfume’ in the sentence.

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Question 28 of 40 in the IIT Madras BS English I (English 1 (ES)) Quiz 2 paper sat on 16 Mar 2025, in the January 2025 term (IIT M ES FOUNDATION AN EXAM QEF2 16 Mar 2025). It carries 1 mark.

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