{"id":72113,"date":"2019-09-14T07:46:44","date_gmt":"2019-09-14T07:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=72113"},"modified":"2024-02-13T14:39:57","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T14:39:57","slug":"alternate-vs-alternative-class-10-english-grammar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/alternate-vs-alternative-class-10-english-grammar\/","title":{"rendered":"Alternate vs. Alternative | Class 10 English Grammar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>These words are often confused. If you have meetings on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, you can say that you have meetings on&nbsp;<strong>alternate days<\/strong>.&nbsp;<strong>Alternate<\/strong>&nbsp;means&nbsp;<em>every other<\/em>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<em>every second<\/em>.While pronouncing this word, put the stress on the first syllable&nbsp;<em>al<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>I play cricket on alternate days.<\/li><li>I see him on alternate days.<\/li><li>I water the plants on alternate days.<\/li><li>It would be nice if he had to work only on alternate days.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Alternately<\/strong>&nbsp;is an adverb. If something takes place alternately, then it takes place in turns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>She would cry and laugh alternately.<\/li><li>It would rain and shine alternately.<\/li><li>I am alternately happy and sad.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alternative and alternatively<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>An alternative is a choice between two or more things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Trains are late and overcrowded. An alternative option is to take the bus.<\/li><li>I had to obey. There was no alternative.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Alternative<\/strong>&nbsp;can also be an adjective. In this case, it means&nbsp;<em>different<\/em>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<em>instead<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>If this plan does not work out, we will have to find an alternative one.<\/li><li>Rahul is not free on Monday. We will have to find an alternative date for the conference.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Alternatively<\/strong>&nbsp;is an adverb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>You could wait till Rohit comes, or alternatively you could go without him.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alternately<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Alternate(ly)&nbsp;<\/strong>means&nbsp;<em>every second<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>We meet on&nbsp;<strong>alternate&nbsp;<\/strong>days.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Alternative(ly)&nbsp;<\/strong>means&nbsp;<em>the other option<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>I had to go; there was no other\u00a0<strong>alternative.<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">See Also<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/grammar\/and-but-or-because-so.htm\">And, But, Or, So | Worksheet<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/grammar\/kinds-of-adjectives-worksheet.htm\">Kinds of adjectives worksheet<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/grammar\/cbse-class-10-grammar-worksheets.htm\">CBSE Class 10 Grammar Worksheets<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/grammar\/combining-two-sentences-using-too-to-so-that.htm\">Combining two sentences using so..that.. and too&#8230;to<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/grammar\/prepositions-exercise-for-class-9.htm\">Prepositions exercise for class 9<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/grammar\/present-perfect-tense-worksheet-cbse-grade-6.htm\">Present perfect tense worksheet for grade 6<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These words are often confused. If you have meetings on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, you can say that you have meetings on&nbsp;alternate days.&nbsp;Alternate&nbsp;means&nbsp;every other&nbsp;or&nbsp;every second.While pronouncing this word, put the stress on the&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[251],"tags":[1254,1256,1255],"class_list":["post-72113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grammar","tag-alternate","tag-alternate-vs-alternative","tag-alternative"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72113"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77152,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72113\/revisions\/77152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}