Fill in the blanks.
1I think the ............... half of the movie is better than the former half.
Wrong!
Use "latter" to mean the second of two parts mentioned.
2See you ...............
Wrong!
Use "later" when you are talking about time after now.
3I could not answer the ............... question on the test.
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Use "last" to mean final in a sequence.
4Have you heard the ............... news?
Wrong!
Use "latest" to mean the most recent.
5The ............... person to arrive was Peter.
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Use "last" to mean the final person in an order or sequence.
6Sam is ............... than Peter.
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Use "older" after a linking verb when comparing age with "than".
7Who is the ............... man in your village?
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Use "oldest" for the greatest age in a general group.
8They live ............... away, so we don’t see them often.
Select 2 answers.
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Both "farther" and "further" can refer to physical distance in this sentence.
9Excuse me, I'm new in town. Where is the ............... post office?
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Use "nearest" to ask about the shortest distance from where you are; "next" refers to order in a sequence.
10Do you think dogs are superior ............... cats in intelligence?
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The adjective "superior" is followed by "to".
11We got ............... help from them, so we had to do it ourselves.
Wrong!
Use "little" to mean almost no amount.
12............... people understand me, so I often feel lonely.
Wrong!
Use "Few" to mean almost no people.
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- I think the latter half of the movie is better than the former half.
- See you later.
- I could not answer the last question on the test.
- Have you heard the latest news?
- The last person to arrive was Peter.
- Sam is older than Peter.
- Who is the oldest man in your village?
- They live farther / further away, so we don’t see them often.
- Excuse me, I’m new in town. Where is the nearest post office?
- Do you think dogs are superior to cats in intelligence?
- We got little help from them, so we had to do it ourselves.
- Few people understand me, so I often feel lonely.