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Use the following phrases appropriately in place of the italicised words in the sentences given below.

as a matter of fact we had better see to it by accident as well

(i) Actually, I didn’t intend to come to your place. I reached here without planning.
(ii) Sunil, there’s a letter for you in today’s post. There’s one for me also.
(iii) Everybody thought I had composed the poem. The truth is my younger sister did it.
(iv) The doctor told the patient to make sure that he took his pills on time.
(v) It will be better for us to plan our trip before setting out.

Solution

(i) Actually, I didn’t intend to come to your place. I reached here by accident.

(ii) Sunil, there’s a letter for you in today’s post. There’s one for me as well.

(iii) Everybody thought I had composed the poem. As a matter of fact, my younger sister did it.

(iv) The doctor told the patient to see to it that he took his pills on time.

(v) We had better plan our trip before setting out.

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