Idx | 1401 |
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Keyword | imaginary |
Type of Sentence | ✗ |
Error Sentence | People tend to become less imaginary as they grow older. |
Correct Sentence | People tend to become less imaginative as they grow older. |
Cloze Error Sentence | People tend to become less [[imaginary]] as they grow older. |
Cloze Sentence | People tend to become less [[imaginative]] as they grow older. |
Cloze Answer | imaginative |
Choices | imaginative | imaginary |
Explanation | imaginary = not existing in real life but only in someone's mind: 'This new novel takes the reader on an imaginary journey into space.' 'The little boy kept firing an imaginary gun at me.' imaginative = having or showing a powerful imagination: 'She is one of the most imaginative designers of her generation.' 'His paintings tend to be highly imaginative.' |
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