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Hearing Child Found Burst Tears Show Things Happen

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Keyword when
Sub Entry Number 1
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence When hearing that the child had been found, she burst into tears.
Correct Sentence On hearing that the child had been found, she burst into tears.
Cloze Error Sentence [[When]] hearing that the child had been found, she burst into tears.
Cloze Sentence [[On]] hearing that the child had been found, she burst into tears.
Cloze Answer On
Choices When | On
Explanation

To show that two things happen at the same time or that one thing happens immediately after the other, use on/upon doing sth (NOT when ): 'On examining the suitcase, he noticed that the locks had been tampered with.'

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