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.