Grammar Moments

1. Grammar Moments

Unit 5

2. Couple / Pair

Couple – two different things (a couple of friends, a married couple)
OR – when we are not sure about the exact number
A couple of years ago
Pair – two similar things (a pair of shoes, a pair of gloves)

3. Besides / Except

• I’ve always wanted to have a pet. Besides, guinea pigs
are so cute!
• Everybody except my brother wants to have a pet.

4. Had better / would rather

- It’s getting late, you’d better hurry!
- I’d rather stay and spend the night here
Would you rather do it now or wait until tomorrow?
We’d better start writing if we want to do it quickly.

5. Quiet / quite / quit

• Be quiet. Everybody’s working
• It was a quiet night
• That’s quite a difficult test
• You’re quite right
• He wants to quit his job
• She quit smoking years ago

6. SICK

7. Travel / trip / journey / voyage