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English Grammar and Vocabulary Flashcards

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  1. What is the difference between 'fewer' and 'less'?

    Answer: 'Fewer' is for countable nouns; 'less' is for uncountable nouns

    'Fewer' is used with countable nouns (fewer books, fewer people) and 'less' is used with uncountable nouns (less water, less time).

  2. Which sentence contains a relative clause?

    Answer: The boy who won the race is my friend.

    'Who won the race' is a relative clause that gives more information about 'the boy'. It begins with the relative pronoun 'who'.

  3. What is the correct spelling?

    Answer: Occasion

    'Occasion' is the correct spelling — one 'c', one 's', and ending in '-sion'.

  4. Which word means 'to make something better'?

    Answer: Improve

    'Improve' means to make something better or to enhance its quality.

  5. In the sentence 'Having finished her homework, Mei went out to play', what is 'Having finished her homework'?

    Answer: A participial phrase

    It is a participial phrase — it begins with the participle 'having finished' and acts as an adjective modifying 'Mei'.

  6. Which pair of words are homophones?

    Answer: Read and red

    'Read' (past tense) and 'red' sound the same but have different meanings and spellings — they are homophones.

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