English Grammar 101
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Foreword: To the Student and Parent/Teacher
Introduction: To Those Grammarians Among Us
Instructions: How to Complete the Lessons
Module 1: Word and Phrase Patterns
Module 2: Clause Patterns
Module 3: Verb Tense and Verbal Patterns
Module 4: Verb Forms and Sentence Patterns
Module 5: Punctuation and Capitalization
Module 6: Supplement - Troublesome Words
Lesson 6-1: Accept versus Except
Lesson 6-2: Affect versus Effect
Lesson 6-3: Advice versus Advise
Lesson 6-4: All Ready versus Already
Lesson 6-5: All-round versus All Around
Lesson 6-6: All Together versus Altogether
Lesson 6-7: All Ways versus Always
Lesson 6-8: Allay versus Alley, Ally
Lesson 6-9: Allude versus Elude
Lesson 6-10: Allusion versus Illusion
Quiz 6-11: Cumulative Review
Lesson 6-12: Alternate versus Alternative
Lesson 6-13: Among, Amongst versus Between
Lesson 6-14: Apprehend versus Comprehend
Lesson 6-15: Award versus Reward
Lesson 6-16: Bad versus Badly
Lesson 6-17: Can versus May
Lesson 6-18: Born versus Borne
Lesson 6-19: Breath versus Breathe
Lesson 6-20: Bring, Carry, Fetch versus Take
Lesson 6-21: Anger, Angry versus Mad
Lesson 6-22: Censor versus censure
Lesson 6-23: Complement versus compliment
Quiz 6-24: Cumulative Review
Lesson 6-25: Council versus Counsel
Lesson 6-26: Continual, Continuous versus Consecutive
Lesson 6-27: Emigrate versus Immigrate
Lesson 6-28: Farther versus Further
Lesson 6-29: Its versus It's, 'Tis
Lesson 6-30: Lie, Lying, Lay, Lain versus Lie, Lying, Lied, Lied
Lesson 6-31: Lie, Lying, Lay, Lain versus Lay, Laying, Laid, Laid
Lesson 6-32: Notable versus Notorious, Notoriety
Lesson 6-33: Persecute versus Prosecute
Quiz 6-34: Cumulative Review
Lesson 6-35: Principal versus Principle
Lesson 6-36: Set versus Sit
Lesson 6-37: Stationary versus Stationery
Lesson 6-38: Their versus There, They're
Lesson 6-39: Whether versus Weather
Lesson 6-40: You and I versus You and Me
Lesson 6-41: To versus Too, Two
Lesson 6-42: Sight versus Site, Cite
Lesson 6-43: Capital versus Capitol
Quiz 6-44: Cumulative Review
Exercise 6-45: Module 6 Self-Test
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English Grammar
C
ontinual, Continuous versus Consecutive
Lesson 6-26
Comments:
Prompt:
"Continual" means happening again and again at short intervals as continual reminders. Example: The loud trucks were a continual problem.
"Continuous" means uninterrupted, whether of time or space as in "continuous misery," "continuous rain," or "continuous range of mountains." Example: The stormy weather was continuous.
"Consecutive" means occurring one after the other as in "consecutive days of the week." Example: Are we to attend on consecutive days?
Directions:
Click to select the correct word usage in the following sentences.
1.
They
were
ready
for
the
emergency
due
to
his
(
continual
) (
continuous
)
warnings
.
2.
From
January
to
March
the
cold
weather
was
(
continual
) (
continuous
).
3.
This
was
the
fourth
(
continual
) (
consecutive
)
year
of
the
rodeo
.
4.
If
something
is
uninterrupted
without
short
intervals
,
we
say
it
is
(
continual
) (
continuous
).
5.
If
events
occur
one
after
the
other
we
say
the
events
are
(
continual
) (
consecutive
).
6.
The
Rocky
Mountains
stretch
from
north
to
south
as
one
(
continual
) (
continuous
)
mountain
range
.
7.
Day
after
day
the
coach
gave
(
continual
) (
continuous
)
reminders
.
8.
As
he
ran
,
he
could
feel
each
and
every
(
continual
) (
consecutive
)
heart
beat
.
9.
The
noise
never
stopped
and
was
(
continuous
) (
consecutive
).
10.
A
continual
noise
may
become
a
(
continuous
) (
consecutive
)
occurrence
.
11.
The
students
were
aligned
in
(
continual
) (
consecutive
)
order
.
12.
The
(
continual
) (
continuous
)
class
interruptions
by
the
loud
speaker
were
annoying
.
13.
Once
the
fire
alarm
sounded
,
it
became
(
continual
) (
continuous
)
for
five
minutes
.
14.
The
heckler
(
continually
) (
continuously
)
made
remarks
as
each
speaker
stood
to
speak
.
15.
These
sentences
are
being
written
in
(
continuous
) (
consecutive
)
order
.
16.
The
school
buses
were
lined
up
in
(
continuous
) (
consecutive
)
order
.
17.
The
talking
in
class
was
almost
(
continual
) (
continuous
)
when
the
teacher
was
out
of
the
room
.
18.
A
long
, (
continual
) (
continuous
)
line
of
sightseers
visited
the
monument
.
19.
I
do
not
appreciate
your
(
continual
) (
continuous
)
criticism
of
me
each
time
I
see
you
.
20.
Going
step-by-step
means
I
must
go
in
(
continual
) (
consecutive
)
order
.