Question

0031 ✗ It's a pity that you missed the training session.It's a pity that you weren't at the training session. It's a pity that you [[missed/weren't at]] the training session. missed | weren't at | were absent from

Accepted Answer

absent It's a pity that you were absent from the training session. It's a pity that you [[were absent from]] the training session. missed/weren't at be absent = not be present at something that you are officially supposed to attend: 'Her teacher wanted to know why she'd been absent.'miss = not be present at something: 'She's missed a lot of classes this term because of illness.' 'I wouldn't miss Sandro's party for the world!' (= I really want to go to it).be at = be present at something: 'John won't be at the meeting. He's had to fly to Rome on business.'

Idx	0031
Keyword	absent
Type of Sentence	✗
Error Sentence	It's a pity that you were absent from the training session.
Correct Sentence	It's a pity that you missed the training session. It's a pity that you weren't at the training session.
Cloze Error Sentence	It's a pity that you [[were absent from]] the training session.
Cloze Sentence	It's a pity that you [[missed/weren't at]] the training session.
Cloze Answer	missed/weren't at
Choices	missed \| weren't at \| were absent from
Explanation	be absent = not be present at something that you are officially supposed to attend: 'Her teacher wanted to know why she'd been absent.' miss = not be present at something: 'She's missed a lot of classes this term because of illness.' 'I wouldn't miss Sandro's party for the world!' (= I really want to go to it). be at = be present at something: 'John won't be at the meeting. He's had to fly to Rome on business.'

Absent Pity Training Session Missed Present Miss Missed/Weren't