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Earth Mankind Lived Thousands Years Australia Strangest Animals

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Keyword earth
Sub Entry Number 2
Type of Sentence ✗
Error Sentence Mankind has lived in the earth for thousands of years.
Correct Sentence Mankind has lived on the earth for thousands of years.
Cloze Error Sentence Mankind has lived [[in]] the earth for thousands of years.
Cloze Sentence Mankind has lived [[on]] the earth for thousands of years.
Cloze Answer on
Choices on | in
Explanation

on (the) earth (NOT in (the) earth ): 'Australia has some of the strangest animals to be found anywhere on earth.' 'Peace on earth is still just a dream.'

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