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Long Period Traditions Time Evolve Long/Short Time/While Stay

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Keyword period
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence These traditions took a long period of time to evolve.
Correct Sentence These traditions took a long time to evolve.
Cloze Error Sentence These traditions took a long [[period of]] time to evolve.
Cloze Sentence These traditions took a long [[ ]] time to evolve.
Cloze Answer _
Choices _ | period of
Explanation

a (long/short) time/while (WITHOUT period ): 'You can stay here for a while, if you like.' 'Learning a foreign language can take a very long time.'

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