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"QUIT  " vs "QUITE " vs "QUIET "




QUIT //kwɪt//: "pedir demissão", "parar" ou "desistir"

QUITE //kwaɪt//: "bem" ou "completamente"

QUIET //ˈkwaɪ.ət//: "quieto", "tranquilo", "baixo" ou “silencioso”

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QUIT //kwɪt//: "renunciar (trabajo)", "dejar"

QUITE //kwaɪt//: "bastante", "absolutamente o completamente

QUIET //ˈkwaɪ.ət//: "tranquilo", "silencioso", "callado" 

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Examples with "QUIT //kwɪt//": 

⮚ Would you quit your job if you inherited lots of money?

⮚ Quit wasting my time!

⮚ Her assistant quit without an explanation.

⮚ Mr. Turner quit his job as a loan officer to take up dairy farming.

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Examples with QUITE //kwaɪt//: 

⮚ The two situations are quite different.

⮚ The colours almost match but not quite.

⮚ I enjoyed her new book though it's not quite as good as her last one.

⮚ Are you quite sure you want to go?

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Examples with QUIET //ˈkwaɪ.ət//: 

⮚ She spoke in a quiet voice so as not to wake him.

⮚ Please be quiet (= stop talking)!

⮚ Could you keep quiet while I'm on the phone, please?

⮚ Business is quiet during the holidays.

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A. Use QUIT (-ing), QUITE or QUIET to complete the sentences below.


⮚ As many as a third of producers have indicated that they intend to ________ milking cows unless returns improve.

⮚ She managed to keep the operation ________ for a while.

⮚ Among respondents, 7 % of smokers reported never trying to ________ .

⮚ If you compare house prices in the two areas, it's ________ amazing how different they are.

⮚ He ________ in 1954 to take part in the creation of one of the first private laboratories dedicated to assisting metallurgical and mechanical domestic industries.

⮚ In human conversations we are accustomed to having the other participant's ________ if we interrupt and persist in our interruption.

⮚ The neuropsychological test battery was administered in a single session in a ________ interview room on an individual basis.

⮚ ________ honestly, the thought of it terrified me.

⮚ The foreign exchange markets were relatively ________ .

⮚ The method is ________ straightforward and is being further developed.

⮚ Recent reviews reported that lack of acknowledgment and work-related stress contribute to less work satisfaction and the desire to ________ nursing as a profession.

⮚ Davies kept ________ about the amount of money being spent.

⮚ They have been working on this for ________ some time.

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Answer key


⮚ As many as a third of producers have indicated that they intend to quit milking cows unless returns improve.

⮚ She managed to keep the operation quiet for a while.

⮚ Among respondents, 7 % of smokers reported never trying to quit.

⮚ If you compare house prices in the two areas, it's quite amazing how different they are.

⮚ He quit in 1954 to take part in the creation of one of the first private laboratories dedicated to assisting metallurgical and mechanical domestic industries.

⮚ In human conversations we are accustomed to having the other participant's quitting if we interrupt and persist in our interruption.

⮚ The neuropsychological test battery was administered in a single session in a quiet interview room on an individual basis.

⮚ Quite honestly, the thought of it terrified me.

⮚ The foreign exchange markets were relatively quiet.

⮚ The method is quite straightforward and is being further developed.

⮚ Recent reviews reported that lack of acknowledgment and work-related stress contribute to less work satisfaction and the desire to quit nursing as a profession.

⮚ Davies kept quiet about the amount of money being spent.

⮚ They have been working on this for quite some time.


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