Idx | 1854 |
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Keyword | must |
Sub Entry Number | 4 |
Type of Sentence | ✗ |
Error Sentence | If you can't find her, she must hide somewhere. |
Correct Sentence | If you can't find her, she must be hiding somewhere. |
Cloze Error Sentence | If you can't find her, she must [[hide]] somewhere. |
Cloze Sentence | If you can't find her, she must [[be hiding]] somewhere. |
Cloze Answer | be hiding |
Choices | be hiding | hide |
Explanation | When you do not actually know where someone is or what they are doing, but certain facts allow you to guess, use must be or must be doing: 'If she isn't in her office, she must be in the canteen.' 'If she's in the canteen, she must be having her lunch.' |
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