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Full Filled O'clock Train Office Workers Fill Empty

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Keyword fill
Sub Entry Number 1
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence The eight o'clock train is usually filled with office workers.
Correct Sentence The eight o'clock train is usually full of office workers.
Cloze Error Sentence The eight o'clock train is usually [[filled with]] office workers.
Cloze Sentence The eight o'clock train is usually [[full of]] office workers.
Cloze Answer full of
Choices full of | filled with
Explanation

be filled with = containing so many or so much that there is no empty space left: 'The first drawer was filled with neat piles of shirts.' 'The front page is filled with the most important news items.'

be full of = (1) containing a large number or amount: 'The kitchen was full of flies.' 'The essay was full of mistakes.' (2) be filled with: 'The kettle was full of boiling water.'

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