"quite" vs "quiet"

English as a Second Language English Teacher Explanations (ESL Tests)
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English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #49 [color=blue]“Speaking: Political Party”, question 2

As you probably know the Tranquillity Party stands for peace and … in the countryside.

(a) quite
(b) quiet
(c) quietly
(d) quieten

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #49 [color=blue]“Speaking: Political Party”, answer 2

As you probably know the Tranquillity Party stands for peace and quiet in the countryside.

Correct answer: (b) quiet

Your answer was: [color=red]incorrect
As you probably know the Tranquillity Party stands for peace and quite in the countryside.
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is there a significant difference in means between
“quite” & “quiet” ?

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They’re absolutely different. Quite precedes an adj and has the same meaning as rather, pretty, fairly. Quiet means without a sound. But i think the answer must be quietness as peace is a noun and there’s a parallel structure here.

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Hi Vietan,

It would be great if you could answer only those questions you really know the answer to. Otherwise your posts will be very confusing to our users. The word ‘quiet’ can be a noun too and ‘peace and quiet’ is a fixed phrase. You can find this out within seconds by googling the phrase. Why would you post test questions that contain phrases that are not used in English?[YSaerTTEW443543]

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i dont know that i did. I’m still a grade 11 student in a non english speaking country. But that’s also how i learn english.

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Here is some input to help you learn, Vietan. In the following sentences, you made a lot of very basic mistakes:

I would suggest rewording your first sentence this way:

  • I didn’t realize I was doing that.

This forum is called “English Teacher Explanations”, so I would imagine that most people who post questions here want to get help from an English teacher, and they also want to be able to trust the information they get. If you post incorrect information, that will not help people learn English. Would you be happy to get an incorrect answer when YOU ask a question here? Would you be happy if the tests themselves gave incorrect information? Do you think Torsten is willing to allow learners to be given incorrect information about English?

That’s why he said something to you, Vietan. He noticed that you had posted erroneous information – information which would be misleading or confusing for other learners. Thus, he made a point of correcting it. The integrity of this site must be very important to him. :wink:

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