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09/02/2021 6:58 pm
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Read the extract given below and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow:
“But the sign has been hanging on the gate for over a month now and I am beginning to be afraid that the day I bought it was when I was the real fool.”
(a) Who is the speaker in the above extract?
(b) What sign has been hanging on the gate for more than a month?
(c) Why does the Speaker feel that she was a fool?
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09/02/2021 6:59 pm

(a) Juliette.
(b) 'for Sale’ was the sigh hanging on the gate for more than a month.
(c) The speaker felt that she was foolish to have purchased the villa. She also felt that she had paid more than it was worth.
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