Quiet or Quite?

. Quiet

“Quiet” is an adjective meaning ‘making very little noise’ or ‘having little activity or excitement’

i.e. The children are very quiet. I wonder what they’re doing? Shall I go and see?

i.e. It’s a very quiet, peaceful village and we love living there.

i.e. Business is quiet during the holidays.

2. Quite

“Quite” is an adverb which usually means ‘a little or a lot, but not completely’

i.e. They were quite excited about moving to a new place.

i.e. He had been quite good at drawing when he was at school. 

i.e. I’ve been quite busy this week. I hope things are not so busy next week.

More about “Quiet” and “Quite”

The words quiet and quite are often confused by writers. Confusion between these two words is generally due to a typo. It’s easy to hit the E and T keys in the wrong order and type quiet when you mean quite.

A good way to remember the difference is to focus on the pronunciation. We pronounce quiet /kwaɪət/ with the final -et made clear. For quite /kwaɪt/, the final -e is silent. If you focus on the pronunciation of the words then it shouldn’t be difficult to distinguish them.

Have you already known the similarities and differences between “Quiet” and “Quite”? Don’t worry, we prepare a quiz for you👇it is time to show yourself!

PRACTICE

#1. She spoke in a __ voice so as not to wake him.

 quiet

 quite

#2. Her life is __ different since she moved.

 quite

 quiet

*Source from U-DICTIONARY