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Robert Boy Ten Years Boy/Girl/Son Number Child Man

Idx 2942
Keyword year
Sub Entry Number 2
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence Robert was a little boy of ten years.
Correct Sentence Robert was a little boy of ten.
Cloze Error Sentence Robert was a little boy of [[ten years]].
Cloze Sentence Robert was a little boy of [[ten]].
Cloze Answer ten
Choices ten | ten years
Explanation

a boy/girl/son etc + of + number (WITHOUT years ): 'a child of six', 'a man of fifty'

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