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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.

PDF Handout

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.

1. People use many different coping mechanisms to deal with mental health. coping mechanism is to ignore the problem hoping that it will pass. is to seek help from a medical provider.

One coping mechanism is to…

Another is to seek help…

(Note. In the last sentence, “another” replaces “another coping mechanism")

2. One of Smith’s studies was disappointing whereas his study produced interesting findings.

One of Smith’s studies was disappointing whereas his other study produced interesting findings.

3. Students discussed study thoroughly before moving on to .

Students discussed one study thoroughly before moving on to the other.

4. Survey participants rated the quality of Professor Eck’s lectures very highly; however, they rated course components slightly less positively.

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.)

5. For the two groups of survey participants, results revealed a pattern in group but not in .

For the two groups of survey participants, results revealed a pattern in one group but not in the other.

6. Some researchers argue for one interpretation of the data, while propose that explanations are more likely.

Some researchers argue for one explanation of the data, while others propose that other interpretations are more likely.

7. In this experiment, participants were assigned to one of two conditions. group received instruction with exercises, and group received instruction followed by a memorization activity. When tested, the first group scored higher than .

One group received instruction followed by exercises, and the other group received instruction only.

… When tested, the first group scored higher than the other.

8. Students can meet with Professor Ecks outside of the classroom time only twice a month, specifically, Monday.

Students can meet with Professor Ecks outside of the classroom time only twice a month, specifically, every other Monday.

9. During the experiment, participants were not allowed to talk to .

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.)

10. Group work encouraged students to help solve the math equations.

Group work encouraged students to help each other solve the math equations.
(This emphasizes the idea of one student helping another student.)

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.”

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