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Difference between 'fled' and 'flew'



 
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Difference between 'fled' and 'flew' #1 (permalink) Thu Jun 16, 2005 19:36 pm   Difference between 'fled' and 'flew'
 

Test No. incompl/inter-21 "The two Butter Frogs", question 8

They panicked and ..........

(a) flew for their lives
(b) fled for their lives
(c) flowed for their lives
(d) fleeing for their lives

Test No. incompl/inter-21 "The two Butter Frogs", answer 8

They panicked and fled for their lives.

Correct answer: (b) fled for their lives

Your answer was: incorrect
They panicked and flew for their lives.
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flew for their lives means to fly to survive. i think so. you can explain why is it to flee for their lives?
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Difference between 'fled' and 'flew' #2 (permalink) Fri Jun 17, 2005 10:28 am   Difference between 'fled' and 'flew'
 

Yes, they fled for their lives because they were so scared. As you pointed out fled is the simple past form of the verb flee which means to run or move very fast in order to escape. Flew wouldn't work here because this is the simple past form of the verb fly and as you remember we are talking about frogs who clearly can't fly.
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Difference between 'fled' and 'flew' #3 (permalink) Thu Aug 18, 2005 3:50 am   Difference between 'fled' and 'flew'
 

Torsten wrote:
Yes, they fled for their lives because they were so scared. As you pointed out fled is the simple past form of the verb flee which means to run or move very fast in order to escape. Flew wouldn't work here because this is the simple past form of the verb fly and as you remember we are talking about frogs who clearly can't fly.

a perfect explanation, I got it

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Difference between 'fled' and 'flew' #4 (permalink) Thu May 07, 2009 17:37 pm   Difference between 'fled' and 'flew'
 

,,fled for their lives''= ,, fled to survive''? thanks
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