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Walked Stood John Asked Stop Front Japanese Students

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Sub Entry Number 2
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence She stood up, walked to John, and asked him what he was doing.
Correct Sentence She stood up, walked over to John, and asked him what he was doing.
Cloze Error Sentence She stood up, walked [[ ]] to John, and asked him what he was doing.
Cloze Sentence She stood up, walked [[over]] to John, and asked him what he was doing.
Cloze Answer over
Choices _ | over
Explanation

When you go towards someone and stop in front of them, you go up to, over to or across to them (NOT to or near to ): 'One of the Japanese students walked slowly up to me and, with a huge smile, handed me a rose.'

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