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2025Q5(iii)(1)Grammar
MCQModerate1 mark
5(iii)

Choose the correct option to make one complete sentence without using and, but or so.

These are fresh mangoes. I bought them yesterday.

Topic: Synthesis — combining sentences

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Answer

Exam answer

(a) These are fresh mangoes which I bought yesterday..

Explanation

The two sentences are joined with the relative pronoun WHICH, keeping both pieces of information exactly as given: the mangoes are fresh, and I bought them yesterday.

Why the others fail — and this is the whole skill in synthesis questions: a combined sentence must CHANGE NOTHING about the meaning. (b) introduces a comparison ("fresher") that was never there. (c) drops the agent — we are no longer told who bought them. (d) says "brought", not "bought" — a different word entirely. Check each option against BOTH original sentences before choosing.

In words

These are fresh mangoes which I bought yesterday..

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