Practice NET English questions with answers and explanations.
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'Water' is uncountable, so the comparative quantifier is 'less.'
'Fewer' is used with plural countable nouns.
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'Mistakes' is a plural countable noun.
The comparative quantifier 'fewer' is therefore correct.
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'Every' is followed by a singular countable noun.
It refers individually to all members of the group.
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Before a noun phrase with 'the,' the normal order is 'both the books.'
'Both of' would require a pronoun or 'the' before the noun.
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'Both' refers to the two brothers together and agrees with the plural verb.
The sentence states that the two share the same profession.
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'Would' can describe habitual actions in a past period.
The repeated winter visits illustrate this use.
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'Are required to' expresses an official obligation clearly.
The deadline makes the action mandatory.
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'Ought to' expresses advice or moral expectation.
Seeing a doctor is recommended if the condition continues.
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The fixed expression 'would rather' states a preference.
It is followed by the base form of the verb.
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This is an inverted third conditional referring to an unreal past situation.
The result clause correctly uses 'would have' plus past participle.
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'Honest' begins with a vowel sound because the h is silent.
The article 'an' is used before a vowel sound.
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'University' begins with the consonant sound /y/.
Therefore, the correct indefinite article is 'a.'
