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We use the simple present tense to express professional activities and natural i ratural qualities Examples: exercise great patience in dealing @ Teachers aling with mischievous stud $ ifvegetables are overcooked, they lose their nutritional value ce We use the simple present tense in factual writing to express how a proc e ess is done. examples ‘epoil the milk till itis reduced to half the quantity. eseat the butter and sugar well Complete these proverbs using the correct expressions from the box. One has been done for you: rundeep _—flocktogether —gathersnomoss _—_are soon parted shouldnot throw stones savesnine —_—_seldom bite thereisaway where angels fear to tread Afool and his money....... Fools rush in .AROS4&... People who live in glass houses Where there is a will, ..« Astitch in time ..2 Barking dogs ...a3 Birds of a feather . Still waters Imagine you are a reporter interviewing the captain of your school cricket team. Complete this interview. One has been done for you. Reporter: Do you feel nervous before a match? Captain: . so Reporter: How do you motivate your team members? Captain: | try AbvLArnn Al Dental, Ardartn.f vere Reporter: How do you rate the performance of your team? Captain: | think ... WOTKINE ON a projec ‘India’ B on 2 Project titled ‘India’s Wild Life’ Vinita © Fecords their activities in her notebook. Ip h eet ok. Help her to ¢ using the present continuous forms of the words given th mee inst she has started, Gone For you in brackets. One has been e.are.ttving.hard.to. complete the 1. Wea! z plete. the project by th to complete) v.this weekend... (try hard o Linols | y (collect pictures) sfuse crayons and Dyck. (refer to books in plour pencils colour pencils) iY the library) Wherever needed). l ees g A H (teacher guides) “(work ehthisidstically) y.. (teacher encourages) % ee Remember Read these sentences to understand which verbs can be expressed in the simple present tense and not in the present continuous tense. @ She is believing whatever her friend tells. (x) She believes whatever her friend tells her. (“) e @ |amrealising my mistake now. (x) © | realise my mistake now. (“) We do not use the present continuous tense to express activities of the mind or of the senses which express feelings or emotions. Verbs such as admire, believe, feel, smell, taste, like, dislike, like, hear, know, imagine, recall, etc. are not generally used in the present continuous tense. + We do not use the present continuous tense for verbs which denote a condition or state which is regarded as permanent at the time of speaking. We do not say— ® He is appearing handsome. (x) ® Shweta is resembling her mother. (x) ® The box is containing many valuable articles. (x) These sentences when expressed in the simple present tense will read as— © He appears handsome. © Shweta resembles her mother. © The box contains many valuable articles. 35 Uses of the present perfect continuous tense 2 SSS nea ec ecvier uo 2 4 We use the present perfect continuous tense to d uninterrupted action. We do not use this tense when wn peated OF of times an action is done. ‘en we mention the number Example: @ He has been asking me to lend him my bicycle ~e @ Fillin the blanks with the aye 3 t continuous tense of the verbs in brack is in brackets, One has been done for you 1. Mother looks unwell. She ...has.heen.complaining. peen.complaining... (complain) of a head: ache for the past two days. wird 822 (work) on it the whole The room is well arranged. We ../ morning. 3. The food smells delicious. Mon returned from work, /" book) since she y Op pO 4. The passengersd. ed dice (wait) for the train for the past half an hour. -1 eZ (pld¥) in the rain all this while. Lo (exptain) thy 5. The children 6. The teacher .« ery patiently to make us understand. Fin this city since his childhood. (read) this book for an hour now. e Fill in the blanks with the present continuous, present perfect or present perfect continuous forms of the verbs in brackets. _..has.been.painting...... (paint) since morning. She ......0#.11&. Ait. bed aeakctiagg(speak) to anybody since she started painting. She - hd, A: ade al in painting from a very good artist in the city. He db: Leah (teach) her well and she ..£4,. L&asytneng. (learn) to ZOUstaw) A sketch of her (try) to draw a {ask) her to take p (consider) the idea charcoal sketch of her puppy. up art as a subject in college and Mahek .. of pursuing art as a career. ag Examples @ The girls attended dance classes every Sunday. @ We went for long drives on summer evenings Exercises Complete this letter that Varun wrote to his father about father about the cricket participated in. One has been done done for you. meh De, Dear father o 1 ....feeelyed.... (receive) your email yesterday. | ..(MV. ts . (be) very busy as 1 ond... (be) a lot of homework to complete. | duchess... score) the highest .. (hold) last week. The teacher “ffshobed .. (ask) me to keep up the good work. marks in the weekly test (appreciate) my performance and . (play) in the cricket match aj mst a rival school team on Sunday. a (take) two wickets. The fe) me and all my friends CLL. .... (cheer) captain... me. | wish you and mummy had been there to see my performance. Looking forward to your arrival next week, Yours affectionately Varun @e Past continuous tense Read these sentences and note the highlighted words. The little girl was climbing up the hill slowly. He was getting used to his new class. The highlighted words are in past continuous tense. The past continuous tense is to denote a gradual development of an action in the past. We use the past continuous tense to denote acti is used ions that were going on in the past. Examples: @ Iwas reading a story last @ Meera was singing after dinner + We use the past conti past. It is generally use the past. Examples: © Neha was doing a jigsaw PI © Vikram was painting the room when he fe night king place avents taking place j even! the r tions 0 eously OF togeti scribe ach simultane hey to describe * ace sim ry uous tense a actions .d when two her. uzzle when her sister called fell down : ¢ of the verbs in brackets @ Fill in the blanks with the past continuous tense form: q has been done for you. oftly as they walked. 1. The women.....were. singing... (sing) s j tirelessly to finish the project. work 2. The labourers (. 3. Neha n the stranger knocked at the door. 4a ftalk) to her friends whe! 4. The telephone (Aga Mgddlugring) when We entered the house. 5. My neighbour| 6. The children {4 /iyath) us about her dog when it s MD f ee (gé(laugh) at the tricks of the clowns. ne @ We had eaten our dinner when th : is le The highlighted parts are said to be in i Wer Went off, e Past Waste pat pare as oo * The past perfect tense 'S used to di pds we wish to emphasise that Beast Pei... i, we use the past perfect a Was complet, per eeestlers, °°" th ns in the past. efore the other © tWo actions. Exam| © Re em Note toer Exan e1 e1 Examples @ Raju had finished his work before the bell rang. @ The play had started when we reached the hall Note: Some adverbs like already, ever, just, never are used with the aa to emphasise the order of event Examples @ The students had already completed the test when the bell rang @ The bus had just left when they reached the bus sto “« Fill in the blanks with the past perfect or simple past tense forms of the verbs ie c brackets. One has been done for you had. followed... (follow) the doctor but her conditiox 1. Hina ’s instructions had.net.impreved. (not improve). (start) when we L644... (reach) 2. The play 3. Krish (reply) to the email which his uncle Anenke (send) him. = / 4, Beena QOL 2.tafsweff all the questions correctly as she (pay) attention in class . (fall) sick after they Atal. LJ 5. Nita and her brother / (get) wet in the rain. 6. ifyou Aad Sadia (Gke) better care of your things, you would not have lost them. — (lose) his way Veale) that he .. Je, (report) that the robbers ou 7. The driver 14. He 8. The policeman 4. (return) all the stolen articles. @e Past perfect continuous Read these sentences and note the highlighted words. ising for more than two hours when the coach enteres @ The players had been the field. @ The teacher had bi jing for nearly forty minutes when the bell rang. The highlighted wor: st perfect continuous tense. 41 time and duration of re the Hat was Still in “nat mo! se called her 2, started raining wily ous tel + perfect continuo istening. jot been lis jk. They had n' © The students looked blan ying. red. She had been CrY! © The gir’s eyes were red. St “ of the verbs in brag fect continuous tense forms Se Fillin the blanks with the past per mi oni ) for the train for nearly an hour at the stat, We ....had been waiting...... (wait) for 1. We re wi i make enquiries. 2 siubeeray oJ (= (rehearse)for only two hours when the, 2. The actors degen! became extremely tired, is ‘ 3H (worky/n the same firm for five years unt, arish resigned, Lond 4. The man eater Adc d months before it was Caught. oad 5 Belinda and her family raua).. heecn Ldgo Vike) in this city for five year when her father was tra ferred to Nagpur 6. Shreya Las ad /Aattack) the villagers for more than tw (e-Hedlstady) for more than three hours when he father returned from office, 7 7. The doctor was ver Y annoyéd thatthe patent ad anyct Jog a ( follow) his instructions, / er ¥ -vVefg, 8. All the travellers were irr exhausted. They M es whole day, v rod betan O.. ++ (travel} the 42 . . Let’s begir In this char future pert Read thes © Ourte © Thete The hight e simp! near futu Uses o} = We Example ®@ Isha @ We) Wei ofs Exampl @ itis of the verbs in Bracke 4, row. Examp tomo oe nnyakvacation Next wea @ Fat is a © ver e on Sunday Th int in the evening. ar J the answer scripts after g Examy Ge after she makes her purch,@ Th mother Li stetbute! é 5. The teacher UM the bill ay) ives clearance fro 6 The ady lian) afer it recente "7 BD: . The fight : books in your cy c ground staff (help) you to arrange the Pboirg a 8 We : in brackets, 0, of the verbs in - One h, " @ Fillinthe blanks with the going to forms i, = done for you. ht. 2. Tt on f680INE... «to (rain) heavily tonight. 2. The boys 44, (participate) i the March Past. e 3. The train 4& i iiln{gepart) soon. 4. They O44. “Ptisie) to their own house at the end Of the 5. The manager £3 AM iv -gthold) a meeting in the afternoon, 6. The ladies of the colony tut i (tart) a school for the underprivileged, (start) E 7. Rita de. etal ype i - Wiener ike : uc V) German, She is planning to 80 to Germanyip oe 8. The principal 4s. ad rte: a adress the senior students now, < @e Re ——s| « e Tt * Th R of time future continuoustél © in the future, : * « in th Examples: ‘e Father will be buying a new laptop for himself this week. 'e Vera will be flying to Kolkata tomorrow to meet her friends. The future continuous tense is used to indicate an action which is the result of a routine. Examples: ‘e Garima will be talking to her cousin tomorrow. They study in the same class. ‘e The doctor will be attending to his patients now. He is always available in the evening oe Fill in the blanks with the future continuous tense forms of the verbs in brackets e One has been done for you. The children ....will be. watching. afternoon The spectators { 2. 49-12 (walt) in the stadium for the match to begin. . At this time next week, Mahek _ligave) for Australia. (recite) poems tomorrow. (watch) their favourite programme in the |. The primary school students UW The four friends usiil.he. 2 Our neighbours t . We lesson. The author“. interview today. s{trek) up the mountains on Sunday. 2(Apartidipate) inthe marathon next month. (write) the composition after the teacher finishes the (talk) about his new book during the Read these sentences. @ By 2022, | will have worked in this firm for ten years. © By this time next year, uncle will have moved to the Netherlands. The highlighted words show the future perfect tense. “© We use the future perfect tense to refer to something that has not happened yet, but will happen before a certain time in the future. Read these By April next year, he will have been studying in this school for five years. © Teacher will have been teaching this lesson for forty-five minutes when the bell rings. future perfect continuous tense. This tense is The highlighted we formed by will form of the verb. ten ontinuous tense, fect © lo, re pen » future Pe with the [Ut be __ (paint) by next Wea, ats. One ve ation | by) ight, eet OE ol ey dgstinebeatecd. th ‘e) by. nee ne te "this jigsaw Pure fy, nthe houst certa ance block 6 home: er sets in. sa py the spe wv (mira é Ht; hs jystart) by ©° oc : r six months by the en ends nd her frie od our wh than an hour on father CON 5, The birds gramme .(NES tp r 0 for Se a I fed. play the Pian ane 7. Ria : of March venae wxet dite the match for more than fy YAIR. Ase 8, The spectators / hours when it ends. ple future, future continuous, the simi © fillin the blanks with the correct forms of ete this diary entry by Ry future perfect tense of the verbs in brackets to comp! Dear Diary When I return home next week, after being away for more than five years, my ay will be waiting (wait) eagerly at the airport to receive me. The city Hh, Londen “gtundergo) many changes in these years. The roads AAU) Joe ui (widen), more trees .(/ ist and more schools and colleges Mell Maidl. acodirenod e) our (seem) almostinew. My ae MLL. (reach) home atts @ week to meet me. My parent’ oan all my friends. What a wonderful athe ta Array ect togethall the news! ave) catching up witha Z. (set) up. Fathar Alin 1 use andit ° Lui e- ‘adverbs or adjectives? we find that some adverbs and adjectives have the same form. examples: BME 6 they arrived late. (advert «The programme is Scheduled for late evening, (adjective) ‘othe, «He arrived early for work. (adverb) Ver @ The early bird offer appealed to the customers. (adjective) similar adverbs with different meanings Yo e careful in the use of adverbs that look similar but have different arn) a : Examples @ Neha works hard to meet her family’s expenses. (works a lot) er @ The teacher was disappointed as Suresh hardly worked, (does not work) @ She never comes late to school. (after the time expected) @ Lately, Meena has been complaining of a severe headache. (recently) >stingly i Le Exercises d with sly Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the brackets. One has been done for you laced by 1. The students were asked to go directly (direct/directly) to the principal's office. 2. Shreya... LQ2AMy....... (hard/hardly) goes out for dinner on week days. me of 3. My father will be back home from office . hay. sos (short/shortly), Be sad. .-.« (lately/late) Nita has been watching too many television programmes: 5. aT AMC02, in the accident. 6. The audience was Grtotly... (great/greatly) impressed by the primary students’ programme! The little girl started crying Mak thebton find her puppy. Acwsasthty .. (nearly/near) finished my work. 8. Please wait. Ihave 85 -J{Fortunately/Fortunate) nobody suffered serious injuries (bitterly/bitter) when she couldn't ch as anybod iate words suc yy, yy hard and apProPr' he blanks with hare — @ fillintheb n done for yOu rd, yet they rushed to the place wher, Th aay ¢ was nobody in the a, De hasbeen do believed whi bare) ge ody in the ang The Pole ai rom. The place ws dese" he notorious gang of FObErS byt y, : 9 atch the no’ ft ‘ . struggled woe could not find yer Who could yy, P f the culprit a poll did not know where to look, The their whereaboulss yy but there was lAIMATY,. Who Seems, suestion the people living ne’ information @e Confusing adverbs of some adverbs which can be confusing. se You must be careful in the right u: Enough or too? 0. Read these sentences and note the use of enough and to @ He e child is smart enough to handle any problem. e house is spacious enough to accommodate all the guests. is placed after adjectives and adverbs and before nouns. It means © fill sufficient or adequate and is used in the positive sense, a7 ad is too narrow for the vehicle to pass through. a © The room is too dark for me to see things clearly, Pa * Too is used to show an excess of something, Itis used in a negative sense. ae The usage is usually enough/too.... for something /somebody, at Examples © The book's light enough for me to carry easily. = © The milks too hot forthe child to_drink Col * We also say enough... to do something. Examples; 71 © Thenecklace is cheap enough forthe Customer to b 0 buy. © The girls had enough time to rehearse the SL roles, Fairly or rather? * Fairly and rather are adverbs but a negative sense, Both adver, aah iS used in a n Pos Moderately, itive sense and ratherif 86 ny. re rea there give They. Ned to ve » gaily sensible in her behaviow aints fairly well ’ 1p an ete and has taken part . vg rather hard to hide his pen eerpey tee Me his true feeling prother #3 tated by Neetima’s attitud quite ve is also an adverb. Its used to m ather is quite pleasant. We can We can go out fora stroll, (not very but more than. ew » pleasant) gums were quite easy. | could sol fe ecg asy. | could solve them all. (completely easy) ° frye has ait recovered from the viral fever he had. (completely) quite is used with a/an in sentences like these gne students had ‘a number of questions to answer. (many) « yefound it quite a high mountain to climb. (very high) oe rly, rather. One has been done for you. sjjin the blanks with quite, enough, too, f | qhe furniture was .....K0@.... flimsy to be durable well experienced to be appointed ) The candidate was r of the landlord. 3, The tenants were taken aback by the behaviou near; yet, the injured passengers could not be 4, The hospital was taken there immediately trendy. | am sure everybody will like them. 5, The clothes are 6, The farmers had 2ughfoodgrains to last them during the winter months, Te IWS Slits aD easy project for us to do. fee...”.. boring for the audience to sit and watch. 8. The film was Use of so and such You must be careful in the use Such is a determiner and so is an a degree, of such and so. dverb. Both have the same meaning of to this lala 1 stoP reading it. 0 ty: wi % arden qualified PY theag ‘y used with nouns/Noun phys. vies or adverbs more emphatic, ject ‘ sed with adjective to mal sentences. One ha: e been ed ch are used complete thes with so oF such to uldn’t find a seat. hat | co in was .s2.. crowded t ; ain was Arch... elegant clothes that it was hard not to Stare» eee Si) unpleasant that we could not go out, ne of us believed it. Ria alwa The weather was AM Ale. ween StFANGE that no! _ distressing that she broke down completely, The story was The news was ... é Linda’s performance was .£444/x... a disappointment to her Parents thy: they couldn’t get over it. a beautiful bird that all the visitors kept gazing atiit, tired after the party that she could hardly walk. It was 41K, 8. Garima was @e Position of adverbs Adverbs can be used in thre 6 att. 2) © Positions in a sentence—in the beginning, in the midi Examples: Examples; Fe th e Verb ji ‘ © Rahul and his friends 't modifies, a examples one @ Lara! ally sleepin’ in the ° Be a barn @ The birds are ways JookinB for fo! is ue 9 ‘e adverbs are placed Pe's examples ae kino iy has to stay Dae Pa oss ashly as she always left early 5 crease Re 4 the correct places, n brackets i @ Rewrite these senter® es using the adverbs i ne has been done for you cows things from her fiends: (never) 1. Beena borr mer frien! Beena never. borrows things. fron Mita is talking to her cousin. (always) / lassie bk sc Hp. drits. b Ab BNO eighbour on sundays. (frequently) ads 3, Mother goes to visit our n these hypustcity.giands ginas te. oh Qu, wba, ben On Aum «teacher tells us a story if shes in a good mood. (sometimes) sencdtecass. DU. 1.240% Bae, 74 arse ae author communicates with hisfans. (regularly) : 6. 7. My aunt raise August. her voice in anger. (seldom) A 8. The plane was delayed due to fog, (probably) i Y, ° tet’s in th are! Apt exercises $ and, but, of, rn OF, Yet, 50, for, One has been 3, we were PURBEY 0.8... We decided to ha 1 Tana puppy Adthfaadker oun nae ome sandwiches 2 sin has a kitten, 3, park clouds were gathering in the sky wideout did not eh \ not rain, you can jigsaw puzzle ny 4 IW wl you can do it later « Mahesh’s parents were proud of him «. he had do nl he had done wel ita did not go out to play Ri play ... aver. did she complete her homework. >, suhali’s car was damaged ... she was quite cheerful g. The children were excited for the first time. iin the blanks with the correct conjunctions from the brackets, One has been they were going to make a snowman e done for you 1. The medicine was bitter .... but.... (but/and) the child took it with a smile. 2. The plane could not take off ..42........ (although/as) the fog had not cleared. 3, The exhibition was a great success ..ALciiA2(because/until) all the paintings were sy (Unless/If) ygu had told me earlier, | would have supported you. 5. Altho LajiProvided, Although the tour was exhausting, twas memorable. 6. The customers have been waitihg AL...» (for /tll) two hours to meet the officials concerned. / (since/for) he was tired, he went off to sleep. (so, but) the players were disappointed. 8. The match was rescheduled ool © Join these pairs of sentences using the conjunctions in brackets, One has been done for you. 1. The roads were blocked. W. ‘o return, (so) you. (unless) f daha, slabs he train had not arrived. (eagheeespuct 2. You have to speak truthfully. People will not respect j + Fee Tey should be informed. (pry ths. Lahhsoaaly, Bae Coots ce f : a th / Ostia ify st Bok aniidas Calthoughy farmers we d cg tb yy rch eles Je took cave of all thelr Weeds fap ( tomers.He too | ewer never tacked CU oa Lee ‘0 complete this dian (ake airs oP the box to complete this da ee e swith si ne has been done for YOU: bothand provided = not only...but also ft and as soon as so...that nce after a f ents were made. the date was finalised, we had to take the permis Oh boGr upareit: The tekcher sc ee go on Saturday the school bus was available. We were told to behave ourselves ft Thode... we didn't get into any trauble. We were «dent & but.albe p.excited anxious. What would we do weather was pleasant. Arrval. .. it rained? Fortunately, te ‘ ‘deal for a picnic outdoors, What a wonder time we had! it was. ARH... delightful .Odadd, entertaining. =... tion as ad rases funct adverbs in a sentence, p pm enc: oe ith ext of edeerran wi Faordinary speed, nema” spoke in a strange manner pepostonal phrases _ epostional phrases start with a preposition, i oles ; ye came running down the steps, 4 ey came back at sunset. oe - - Exercises g Usderline the phrases in these sentences and write AP for adjective phrases, NP for noun phrases, Ad P for adverb phrases and PP for prepositional phrases. One has been done f95 you. 1, The people responded with great enthusiasm. 2, He has learnt how to play the violin. 3, The snake slithered into the undergrowth. 4, She wore a bracelet studded with rare gems. . 5, The camera was able to take beautiful, candid pictures. 6. 7 8. Ad . The chair was unique with carved legs. g kites on a windy day? . Do you like flying . The painter did wonders on the canvas. Oe Aclause is different from a phrase. A clause has a subject and a predicate anda | fini {ate verb, fa clause can stand on i n, then it is a sentence. a finite verb has but it depends on an It has 4 thas a long tall) a sentence. (we do not know wha ‘ndverb clauses adjectiv ‘which was 60! eld on Monday orrect clauses from the Box One has beend, ec omplete these sentences with th foryou —- who was a committed doctor | ee oc ee polluted further the villagers boarded the bus | is no so that the environment ingen i had been affected by a virus Nel Ny cise after the signal was given the children had been playing for 2 long time : 40a e S - fod 4 Thowidlage Op whch was ging to Ama 5, The parents were very prota ier dA tghter MAW, (duds QL. Clavie 6, Nel 1,.044-$0.42. that she had a mission to een ahi g seo : ‘ougH/many shops were burnt in the fire, wabaeclay 9D. berel ri MOL deere hilideea bo 20240, stil they were not tired." ured 4 te ong tims. 1 Mi ne 0. Transfor 2. for Mation of Sentences aspen” ue apter You Will ead about tray aNnsformation of sentence ing affirmative to negative sentences nese sentences and see how we we change affir entences to negative sgative to affirmative wi gative t tive without chang ative ng of the original sentence the me millionaire can bi ly aire can buy such a lavish apartment. (affirmative) ne but a millionaire can buy sucl an buy such a lavish apartment. (negative) n affirmative sentence z ive sentence to a negative sentence, we use words such as yochang never, not, none but, no othe: Ne but, no other, no sooner...than, to express things in a J ,cpody. regative Manner econ also use a word with the opposite meaning to change the negative sentence tranaffirmative sentence. es au — ne/nerx (Of 4 The judge said that the man was not guilty. (negative) aid é errs, 96 Z + The judge sald that the man was innocent. (affirmative) Must— comme wp Exercises yut changing the @ Rewrite these affirmative sentences as negative sentences withot meaning. One has been done for you 1. Everybody liked the programme Put UP ut Ul on the Annual Day. Nobody. di ‘e new proposal for building a scienc Ud ths. 00 riend rrogant toe 2 6008 f e ype obld. dre Cisne ts 100 aro phe fistney t va the narrow FOR anes? ~ net a the nar g.fost htadbs sete Scan ne’ 5. The cay eb DIVO Jug @ Ban he eve < t Cag | | 2 Sauwe' 6. He is too energetic rope ait 4 del lguet fe cdl ; : Peat 1 ferdarep AOL . ile cha! v while ee easel b Genie a is taller » a pparike dann RMU Deion ato a ee calle a uses in this street are V : 8 question 8. Many ho ee hopkeeper always speaks politely. 1, abop kage Le ive to the affirmative @ Rewrite these sentences changing them from the negati ‘One has been done for you. without changing the meaning. 4. The train did not arrive late at the station. The train arrived early at the st Et. 2. Shreya does not like swimming, 3. Ne Abii O. Aiki Pa scaccaeOg. 4 3. Harish is not as punctual as Vineet. Ap ttith.L.. a8.pruunntcdtuial.ab.Aéansed. + 5. N 4. The S is so wild that it cannot be tamed easily. 5. The exhibition did not lack visitors. . ; Sakily: _ did the bell ri ing than the students walked out of th ibe ‘) \e classroom. gg assertive Sentences to inte: |

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