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Long Time Back Home Take/Be Dinner Minutes

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Keyword time
Sub Entry Number 7
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence It didn't take a long time before we were back home again.
Correct Sentence It didn't take long before we were back home again.
Cloze Error Sentence It didn't take [[a long time]] before we were back home again.
Cloze Sentence It didn't take [[long]] before we were back home again.
Cloze Answer long
Choices long | a long time
Explanation

not take/be long (WITHOUT time ): 'The dinner won't be long - about another five minutes.'

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