Idx | 2799 |
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Keyword | usual |
Sub Entry Number | 2 |
Type of Sentence | ✗ |
Error Sentence | I thought it was just a usual parcel but then it began to move across the table. |
Correct Sentence | I thought it was just an ordinary parcel but then it began to move across the table. |
Cloze Error Sentence | I thought it was just [[a usual]] parcel but then it began to move across the table. |
Cloze Sentence | I thought it was just [[an ordinary]] parcel but then it began to move across the table. |
Cloze Answer | an ordinary |
Choices | an ordinary | a usual |
Explanation | usual = that is usually used, seen, done etc: 'She was sitting in her usual chair by the fire.' 'We arranged to meet at the usual time.' 'He was speaking in his usual calm tone.' ordinary = without any special features or qualities: 'It was just an ordinary house in an ordinary street.' 'From the moment I met her, I knew she was no ordinary kind of girl.' |
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