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Paper Write Clean Sheet Refers Material Uncountable Noun

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Keyword paper
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence Each of us was given a clean paper to write on.
Correct Sentence Each of us was given a clean sheet of paper to write on.
Cloze Error Sentence Each of us was given a clean [[ ]] paper to write on.
Cloze Sentence Each of us was given a clean [[sheet of]] paper to write on.
Cloze Answer sheet of
Choices sheet of | _
Explanation

When it refers to the material that you write on, paper is an uncountable noun: 'The printer has run out of paper.' 'On the back of the piece of paper she had written her address.'

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