Practice or Practise?


Practice or Practise?

What is the difference between practice and practice?

In American English, practice is always right. Regardless of its role in the sentence, the correct spelling is always practice with a C.
In British English, whether practice or practise is the correct choice depends on its role in the sentence.

Use of the noun practice-

As a noun, practice means a “habit or custom” (as in a religious practice).
It also means “repeated exercise to acquire a skill” (e.g., practice makes perfect) or the “pursuit of a profession” (e.g., she just retired from her medical practice).

Use of the verb practice / practice?

In American English, practice is also used as a verb. It means “to so something repeatedly in order to master it”.
In British English, the verb form of the word is written as practise. E.g., He practiced hard to win this trophy.

Exercise
Write whether practice is used as noun or verb in the given sentences:
1) She needs more practice.
    Noun

2) They should practice more.
    Verb

3) He practices in the rink every day.
    Verb

4) Keep practicing till you hit the target.
    Verb

5) Discipline and practice set the Olympians apart from casual athletes.
    Noun

Select the correct version according to British convention:

1) I have been __________ this game for last four years.
    A) practicing ()
    B) practicing

2) Poornima is well _________
    A) practised ()
    B) practiced

3) The therapist asked me to ________ it every day.
   A) practice
   B) practise ()

4) His license to ________ law has been suspended for six months.
   A) practise ()
   B) practice

5) __________ makes a person perfect.
   A) practice ()
   B) practise

6) You need to keep _______ even when you are perfect already.
   A) practicing
   B) paractising ()

7) I don’t have a computer to _________
   A) Practice
   B) practise ()

8) Shally likes to ________ singing her solo for the concert.
  A) practice
  B) practise ()

9) She has been ________ medicine for three years.
   A) practising ()
   B) practicing

10) I need a _________ session before my piano recital.
   A) practice ()
   B) practise

Back to Table of Contents

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Class-5 EVS, Chapter-13, A Shelter so High! , Additional Exercises with Solutions/ NCERT

Class-5, EVS, Chapter-18, No Place for Us?, Additional Exercises with Solutions / NCERT

Class-5 EVS Chapter-1 Super Senses/NCERT

Class-3 EVS, Chapter-8 Flying High, Additional exercises with solutions

Class-4 EVS Chapter-4 The Story of Amrita