Q1. [1]
Report the following dialogue between a hawker and his customer, by completing the sentence.
Hawker: Do you want any tomatoes?
Customer: Yes, indeed! Although they are a bit expensive, I like to add tomatoes to my diet.
The hawker asked the customer whether she wanted any tomatoes. The customer answered in the affirmative and explained that _____________.
Previously asked in CBSE board exam
2024 2/5/1 Q3 (ix)
Generated by claude-sonnet-4-6 · 2026-06-15 07:12 · grounding rag
Model Answer
...although tomatoes were a bit expensive, she liked to add them to her diet.
Explanation
In reported speech, the tense shifts back (present → past: "are" → "were", "like" → "liked") and the pronoun changes from "I" to "she". The conjunction "although" is retained to preserve the contrast. Keep it concise — this is a 1-mark fill-in-the-blank.
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