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Extreme Stopped Smoking Improvement Health Dramatic Describe Situations

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Keyword extreme
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence Since he stopped smoking, there has been an extreme improvement in his health.
Correct Sentence Since he stopped smoking, there has been a dramatic improvement in his health.
Cloze Error Sentence Since he stopped smoking, there has been [[an extreme]] improvement in his health.
Cloze Sentence Since he stopped smoking, there has been [[a dramatic]] improvement in his health.
Cloze Answer a dramatic
Choices an extreme | a dramatic
Explanation

Extreme is mainly used to describe situations, behaviour, opinions and beliefs: 'extreme poverty', 'extreme caution', 'extreme views', 'extreme disappointment'.

When you are talking about a change or development, use words such as great/major/important/considerable/dramatic: 'Without these major changes, the company would have collapsed.'

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