3 clues in every gap

Name: 3 clues in every gap
Uploaded: 2026-10-23
Duration: 1 min 10 s
Description: Words in Context gives you a sentence, a gap, and the first letter. The sentence itself holds three clues. Here's how to use them. Clue one: the word's job. The gap tells you how the fire engines arrived, so you need an adverb, like quickly or slowly. Simultaneously: at the same time.

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Every Words in Context sentence holds three clues to the missing word.

1The word's job: if the gap says how something happened, you need an adverb, like simultaneously.
2The ending: "two" needs a plural (hectares). About one in five answers needs an extra ending, like -s or -ed.
3The words it goes with: some words come in pairs, like "entitled to".
4Then check the spelling.

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