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Choose the word or phrase that correctly completes the sentence: "The river has its banks after days of rain."

  1. overflown
  2. overflew
  3. overflowed
  4. overflowen

Answer

C. overflowed

Solution

"Overflow" is regular: "overflowed." "Overflown" is the participle of "overfly."

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