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Complete the following sentence by rearranging the phrases in the correct sequence to form a meaningful sentence:

After our school boys had won a well-contested hockey match_______

(A) so that they might communicate the

(B) news of their victory to the headmaster, who is a keen sportsman

(C) they came to the school in high spirits

(D) and takes a very lively interest in school games

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 3

After winning the match, 'they came to the school in high spirits' (C) 'so that they might communicate the' (A) 'news of their victory to the headmaster, who is a keen sportsman' (B) 'and takes a very lively interest in school games' (D). The purpose clause and the relative clause fix the order C, A, B, D.

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