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Avoid Sheep Drove Car Tree Accident Drive/Run/Walk/Crash/Bump Lorry

Idx 0106
Keyword against
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence Trying to avoid the sheep, he drove his car against a tree.
Correct Sentence Trying to avoid the sheep, he drove his car into a tree.
Cloze Error Sentence Trying to avoid the sheep, he drove his car [[against]] a tree.
Cloze Sentence Trying to avoid the sheep, he drove his car [[into]] a tree.
Cloze Answer into
Choices against | into
Explanation

When someone has an accident, they drive/run/walk/crash/bump into

something (NOT against ): 'The lorry skidded on the ice and crashed into a wall.'

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