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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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