Idx | 2354 |
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Keyword | row |
Type of Sentence | ✗ |
Error Sentence | There was already a long row of passengers waiting to be checked in. |
Correct Sentence | There was already a long queue of passengers waiting to be checked in. |
Cloze Error Sentence | There was already a long [[row]] of passengers waiting to be checked in. |
Cloze Sentence | There was already a long [[queue]] of passengers waiting to be checked in. |
Cloze Answer | queue |
Choices | row | queue |
Explanation | row = a line of people or things: 'Along one side of the river there was a row of cottages.' 'When our coach arrived at the hotel, the staff were standing in a row waiting to greet us.' 'At school I always used to sit in the front row.' queue = (British English) a line of people standing one behind the other, waiting for a bus, to buy a ticket, etc: 'I never go to the bank at lunchtime because of the long queues.' |
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