Question

0791 ✗ The last candle went out and everything went dark. The last candle went out and everything [[went]] dark. went | became

Accepted Answer

dark The last candle went out and everything became dark. The last candle went out and everything [[became]] dark. went To refer to the time in the evening or at night when the daylight disappears, use get dark or (in formal styles) grow dark: 'In the winter it gets dark by five o'clock.' 'It began to grow dark and so we headed back to the shore.' To describe what happens when all the lights in a room, building, etc suddenly go out, use go dark or (especially in formal styles) be plunged into darkness: 'During the last storm the whole town was plunged into darkness.'

Idx	0791
Keyword	dark
Type of Sentence	✗
Error Sentence	The last candle went out and everything became dark.
Correct Sentence	The last candle went out and everything went dark.
Cloze Error Sentence	The last candle went out and everything [[became]] dark.
Cloze Sentence	The last candle went out and everything [[went]] dark.
Cloze Answer	went
Choices	went \| became
Explanation	To refer to the time in the evening or at night when the daylight disappears, use get dark or (in formal styles) grow dark: 'In the winter it gets dark by five o'clock.' 'It began to grow dark and so we headed back to the shore.' To describe what happens when all the lights in a room, building, etc suddenly go out, use go dark or (especially in formal styles) be plunged into darkness: 'During the last storm the whole town was plunged into darkness.'

Dark Candle Formal Styles Grow Plunged Refer Time