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Night Friends Home Listening Music Stay Stayed Cinema

Idx 2018
Keyword or
Sub Entry Number 1
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence At night we used to go out with our friends or stayed at home listening to music.
Correct Sentence At night we used to go out with our friends or stay at home listening to music.
Cloze Error Sentence At night we used to go out with our friends or [[stayed]] at home listening to music.
Cloze Sentence At night we used to go out with our friends or [[stay]] at home listening to music.
Cloze Answer stay
Choices stay | stayed
Explanation

When you use or to join two verbs, both verbs should have the same form. Compare: 'We used to go to the cinema or watch the television.' 'We went to the cinema or watched the television.'

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