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Parked Car Flat Night Parking Park Talking Driver

Idx 2064
Keyword parking
Sub Entry Number 1
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence The car was parking outside the flat all night.
Correct Sentence The car was parked outside the flat all night.
Cloze Error Sentence The car was [[parking]] outside the flat all night.
Cloze Sentence The car was [[parked]] outside the flat all night.
Cloze Answer parked
Choices parking | parked
Explanation

Use park when you are talking about what a driver does: 'You're not allowed to park (your car) in the city centre.' 'Where've you parked (your car)?'

To talk about a vehicle that has been left somewhere and is not moving, use parked: 'That Ford van has been parked there for over a week.' 'The street is always full of parked cars.'

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