Fill in the blanks with an appropriate adjective.
1We expect to get the ............... news in a few hours.
Wrong!
Use "latest" for the most recent news or information.
2The ............... news from the border is very disquieting.
Wrong!
Use "latest" for the most recent news available now.
3The ............... time I saw him, he was in high spirits.
Wrong!
Use "last" for the most recent time before now.
4Today is the ............... day for receiving tenders.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "last" and "latest" can mean the final acceptable day here.
5His house is ............... to mine.
Wrong!
Use "next" in "next to" to mean beside or adjacent to something.
6We will get off at the ............... station.
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Use "next" for the following station in a sequence.
7As soon as she finished one project, she started working on ...............
Wrong!
Use "the next" to mean the following one in a sequence.
8Both the tiger and the leopard are cats, but the former is much larger than the ...............
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Use "latter" for the second of two things just mentioned.
9This is the ............... car I buy.
Wrong!
Use "last" to mean final in this sentence.
10She is the ............... student in her year.
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Use "oldest" as the normal superlative for age outside family relationships.
11He is five years ............... than me.
Wrong!
Use "older" with a number of years before "than".
12I must have a reply without any ............... delay.
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Use "further" to mean additional in this sentence.
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- We expect to get the latest news in a few hours.
- The latest news from the border is very disquieting.
- The last time I saw him, he was in high spirits.
- Today is the last / latest day for receiving tenders.
- His house is next to mine.
- We will get off at the next station.
- As soon as she finished one project, she started working on the next.
- Both the tiger and the leopard are cats, but the former is much larger than the latter.
- This is the last car I buy.
- She is the oldest student in her year.
- He is five years older than me.
- I must have a reply without any further delay.