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Continual / Continuous - Exercise 1

Choose the correct word in each sentence below.  When you have finished, click on the "Check My Work" button to view the answers.

1. Rain falls (continually continuously) in Seattle.

2.  I have become tired of your (continual continuous) email messages.

3.  The horn was stuck and blared (continually continuously) until the police arrived.

4.  Marion's (continual continuous) interruptions bother me.

5.  Joe sat on the beach and looked at the (continual continuous) shoreline.

6.  We were distracted from our work by (continual continuous) telephone calls.

7.  The neighbors listened to the (continual continuous) barking of the dog.

8.  Jim's friends maintained a (continual continuous) vigil at his bedside.

9.  The earth moves (continually continuously) around the sun.

10. We were distracted by the (continual continuous) visits from Joe's friends.

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English Department
Towson University
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