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Breath Bad Cold Properly Breathe Bret Noun Bri:D

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Keyword breath
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence She had a very bad cold and couldn't breath properly.
Correct Sentence She had a very bad cold and couldn't breathe properly.
Cloze Error Sentence She had a very bad cold and couldn't [[breath]] properly.
Cloze Sentence She had a very bad cold and couldn't [[breathe]] properly.
Cloze Answer breathe
Choices breath | breathe
Explanation

Breath / breT / is a noun. Breathe / bri:D / is a verb.

The verb is longer than the noun both in its spelling and in its vowel sound.

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