Describe arriving too late to board a train.
The idea
miss a train means not boarding it in time. The past form is missed.
Examples
- I missed the train this morning.
- She missed the last train home.
- We missed our train after lunch.
- He missed the train to the coast.
- They missed the early train on Monday.
- The children missed their train at the station.
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Watch out
Do not say lose the train when you mean arriving too late to board it.
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Choose the missing word. Hurry, or we might ___ the train. (miss / missed)
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miss
miss follows might in the base form.
Choose the missing word. He ___ the train yesterday. (missed / misses)
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missed
missed describes the event yesterday.
Choose the missing word. They missed ___ train to the airport. (the / an)
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the
the identifies the particular train in the sentence.
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Choose the missing word. Hurry, or we might ___ the train. (miss / missed)
Choose the missing word. He ___ the train yesterday. (missed / misses)
Choose the missing word. They missed ___ train to the airport. (the / an)
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