Continual vs Continuous 🔒

Plenty of fluent speakers use these as if they were the same, so these 9 questions on continual and continuous are more useful than they look.

You finish sentences like It seems like our club's website needs ___ updates. or Six hours of ___ sunlight each day will help peppers grow.

The surprising rule at the heart of the quiz: continual means something that happens over and over with breaks in between, while continuous means it never stops at all. A dripping faucet is one; a steady stream is the other.

Recommended level: intermediate to advanced.

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Question 1

The ___ water faucet drip caused a stain on the white basin.

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Driving a car involves a ___ press on the brakes and then on the gas pedal.

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Six hours of ___ sunlight each day will help peppers grow.

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Kim beat the women's longest ___ run record.

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The buzzers at my favorite fast food restaurant are a ___ nuisance.

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A temporary job will not provide me with ___ paychecks.

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Rain and sun, back and forth, result in ___ erosion of the rocks.

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The scientific method involves a ___ process of trial and error.

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It seems like our club's website needs ___ updates.

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