Practice: almost

Test your knowledge of stronger alternatives for "almost".

Practice is designed to help you get familiar with the replacement words. Some sentences may have small grammar errors, and sometimes more than one answer could work—focus on choosing the best replacement word.
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Boring sentence
We were almost at our goal of 100 cans for the drive, collecting 97 cans before the deadline passed and we had to turn in our donations.

We were ____ our goal of 100 cans for the drive, collecting 97 cans before the deadline passed and we had to turn in our donations.