Practice 3 (Intermediate): Using Other, Another, the Other, Others
Instructions
Based on this lesson, type the missing words below using one of the following:
one • other • another • the other • others • the others • each other • one another • every other
When you are finished, click “Answer.”
Note. Your answers will not be submitted. When you leave this page, they will be deleted.
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Note to instructors: Some exercise items may have multiple answers depending on how learners interpret the context. These instances offer good opportunities for learners to discuss how the context determines the word or phrase they chose.
… One coping mechanism is to…
… Another is to seek help…
(Note. In the last sentence, “another” replaces “another coping mechanism")
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One of Smith’s studies was disappointing whereas his other study produced interesting findings.
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Students discussed one study thoroughly before moving on to the other.
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Survey participants rated the quality of Professor Eck’s lectures very highly; however, they rated the other course components less positively.
(This suggests that all other course components were rated less positively.)
Survey participants rated the quality of Professor Eck’s lectures very highly; however, they rated other course components less positively.
(This suggests that they may have rated many other course components differently, but they are not being discussed here.)
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For the two groups of survey participants, results revealed a pattern in one group but not in the other.
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Some researchers argue for one explanation of the data, while others propose that other interpretations are more likely.
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… One group received instruction followed by exercises, and the other group received instruction only.
… When tested, the first group scored higher than the other.
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Students can meet with Professor Ecks outside of the classroom time only twice a month, specifically, every other Monday.
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During the experiment, participants wre not allowed to talk to one another.
(”One another” emphasizes the collective idea of one person talking to every other person in the experiment.)
During the experiment, participants wre not allowed to talk to each another.
(”Each another” has a sense of one individual talking to another individual.)
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Group work encouraged students to help each other solve the math equations.
(This emphasizes the idea of one student helping another student.)
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More Practice
Practice 1. Exercise using simple sentences. (this page)
Practice 2. Exercise using more complex sentences.
Practice 3. Exercise using complex sentences. (this page)
Practice 4. Exercise focusing on expressions using “another” and “other.”