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Quickly I Nearest Phone Booth Ran Sounds Unnatural

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Keyword quickly
Type of Sentence ?
Error Sentence I went quickly to the nearest phone booth.
Correct Sentence I ran to the nearest phone booth.
Cloze Error Sentence I [[went quickly]] to the nearest phone booth.
Cloze Sentence I [[ran]] to the nearest phone booth.
Cloze Answer ran
Choices ran | went quickly
Explanation

Go quickly usually sounds unnatural. The same meaning can be expressed by verbs such as hurry, rush, run, dash, sprint, etc: 'As soon as we saw the rain clouds, we hurried back home.'

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