Idx | 0770 |
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Keyword | cut |
Sub Entry Number | 3 |
Type of Sentence | ✗ |
Error Sentence | To build the motorway, they will have to cut a lot of trees. |
Correct Sentence | To build the motorway, they will have to cut down a lot of trees. |
Cloze Error Sentence | To build the motorway, they will have to cut [[ ]] a lot of trees. |
Cloze Sentence | To build the motorway, they will have to cut [[down]] a lot of trees. |
Cloze Answer | down |
Choices | down | _ |
Explanation | cut down = make something tall (such as a tree) fall down by cutting through it close to the ground: 'All the elms were diseased and had to be cut down.' |
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