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Curtains Fire Caught Catch Engines Overheated

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Keyword fire
Sub Entry Number 1
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence One of the curtains became on fire.
Correct Sentence One of the curtains caught fire.
Cloze Error Sentence One of the curtains [[became on]] fire.
Cloze Sentence One of the curtains [[caught]] fire.
Cloze Answer caught
Choices caught | became on
Explanation

catch fire: 'One of the engines had overheated and caught fire.'

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