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Voluntary Hospital Operate Work Helpers Adjective Noun Describes

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Keyword voluntary
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence The hospital could not operate without voluntaries.
Correct Sentence The hospital could not operate without voluntary helpers.
Cloze Error Sentence The hospital could not operate without [[voluntaries]].
Cloze Sentence The hospital could not operate without [[voluntary helpers]].
Cloze Answer voluntary helpers
Choices voluntaries | voluntary helpers
Explanation

Voluntary is an adjective (NOT a noun). It describes someone who agrees to work without being paid, or work that is not paid: 'On Saturdays she does voluntary work at an old people's home.'

The noun is volunteer = someone who decides to do something when they are not forced to do it: 'I need three volunteers to help me move the piano.'

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