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Morning Snowman Disappeared Disappear Verb Adjective Wife Children

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Keyword disappear
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence The next morning, the snowman was disappeared.
Correct Sentence The next morning, the snowman had disappeared.
Cloze Error Sentence The next morning, the snowman [[was]] disappeared.
Cloze Sentence The next morning, the snowman [[had]] disappeared.
Cloze Answer had
Choices was | had
Explanation

Disappeared (from the verb disappear ) is not used like an adjective: 'His wife has disappeared with the children.' 'Suddenly, the pain in my back just disappeared.'

Compare: 'The next morning, the snowman was gone.' Unlike disappeared, gone (from the verb go ) may be used like an adjective.

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