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Rain Heavy Yesterday Rained Heavily Heavily/There Begin Verb

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Keyword rain
Sub Entry Number 1
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence It was heavy rain yesterday.
Correct Sentence It rained heavily yesterday.
There was some heavy rain yesterday.
Cloze Error Sentence [[It was heavy rain]] yesterday.
Cloze Sentence [[It rained heavily/There was some heavy rain]] yesterday.
Cloze Answer It rained heavily/There was some heavy rain
Choices It rained heavily | There was some heavy rain | It was heavy rain
Explanation

When you begin with it , use rain as a verb: 'It's raining again!' 'This month it's rained nearly every day.'

When you begin with there , use rain as a noun: 'There's been a lot of rain this month.'

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