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Goods Money Possessions Things Made Sold Supermarket Wide

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Keyword goods
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence He had very little money and very few goods.
Correct Sentence He had very little money and very few possessions.
Cloze Error Sentence He had very little money and very few [[goods]].
Cloze Sentence He had very little money and very few [[possessions]].
Cloze Answer possessions
Choices possessions | goods
Explanation

goods = things that are made to be sold: 'The supermarket has a wide variety of frozen goods.' 'The average family's weekly expenditure on goods and services has risen by 20%.'

possessions = all the things that a person owns: 'After his mother died, Andrew had the unpleasant task of sorting through her possessions.'

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