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I Bed Ten O'clock Night Sleep Slept Asleep

Idx 2464
Keyword sleep
Sub Entry Number 1
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence I slept at ten o'clock last night.
Correct Sentence I went to bed at ten o'clock last night.
Cloze Error Sentence I [[slept]] at ten o'clock last night.
Cloze Sentence I [[went to bed]] at ten o'clock last night.
Cloze Answer went to bed
Choices slept | went to bed
Explanation

sleep = be asleep: 'Nurse Burnley works all night and sleeps all day.'

go to bed = get into bed at the end of the day: 'After dinner I had a hot bath and then went to bed.'

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