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Usual Ordinary I Thought Parcel Began Move Table

Idx 2799
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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