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id: 6636ebb50b24c83f130344f4
title: Task 27
challengeType: 19
dashedName: task-27
lang: en-US
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# --description--

The word `without` followed by a verb in its `-ing` form is used to indicate the absence of an action or condition. It's a common structure used to describe doing something while not doing something else at the same time.

For example, `She left without saying goodbye.` This means she left and did not say goodbye.

# --questions--

## --text--

Which of the following sentences correctly uses the preposition `without`?

## --answers--

`She watched TV without loud.`

### --feedback--

`Without` should be used with a noun or noun phrase, not an adjective.

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`He walked home without an umbrella in the rain.`

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`They sang a song without happily.`

### --feedback--

`Without` should precede a noun or noun phrase, not an adverb.

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`She goes to school without by bus.`

### --feedback--

`Without` cannot be used in this context.

## --video-solution--

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