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Downstairs Ran I Picked Telephone Upstairs Adverbs To/In/At

Idx 0895
Keyword downstairs
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence I ran to downstairs and picked up the telephone.
Correct Sentence I ran downstairs and picked up the telephone.
Cloze Error Sentence I ran [[to]] downstairs and picked up the telephone.
Cloze Sentence I ran [[ ]] downstairs and picked up the telephone.
Cloze Answer _
Choices _ | to
Explanation

Downstairs and upstairs are usually adverbs and are not used with to/in/at etc: 'The bathroom is upstairs.' 'I ran upstairs to see what all the noise was about.'

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