Q1. [1]
Report the dialogue between a vendor and his customer, by completing the sentence:
Vendor: You look a little different today!
Customer: Yes, I just got a new haircut.
The vendor noticed that his customer's appearance had changed and asked him about it. The customer admitted this, citing the fact that ____ .
Previously asked in CBSE board exam
2024 2/1/1 Q3 (ix)
Generated by claude-sonnet-4-6 · 2026-06-15 07:16 · grounding rag
Model Answer
The customer admitted this, citing the fact that he had just got a new haircut.
Explanation
This is a reported speech question. The customer's direct words "I just got a new haircut" must be changed: "I" → "he", present perfect "have got" → past perfect "had got", and "just" is retained. The blank completes an indirect statement, so no conjunction change is needed beyond matching the reporting clause already given.
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