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Morning Job Prepare Breakfast Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner Make/Prepare The/Your Turn

Idx 0501
Keyword breakfast
Sub Entry Number 2
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence Every morning my first job is to prepare a breakfast.
Correct Sentence Every morning my first job is to prepare (the) breakfast.
Cloze Error Sentence Every morning my first job is to prepare [[a]] breakfast.
Cloze Sentence Every morning my first job is to prepare [[(the)]] breakfast.
Cloze Answer (the)
Choices (the) | a
Explanation

have (your) breakfast/lunch/dinner etc (NOT a ): 'Have you had (your) breakfast yet?'

make/prepare (the/your) breakfast/lunch/dinner etc (NOT a ): 'Whose turn is it to make the dinner tonight?'

Use a/an with breakfast/lunch/dinner etc only when you describe the meal: 'a cooked breakfast', 'a big breakfast', 'an American breakfast'.

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