A guest may be someone invited to a social occasion or someone staying at a hotel.
The idea
Guest is countable: a guest, four guests. Use invite guests, welcome a guest or a hotel guest according to the context.
Examples
- We invited four guests to dinner.
- The hotel guest asked for a map.
- Our guests arrive at six.
- She prepared tea for the guests.
- Is this seat reserved for a guest?
- Each guest received a key.
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A hotel guest may be a paying customer; guest does not by itself say whether someone was invited for free.
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Choose the plural after four. We invited four ___ to dinner. (guest / guests)
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guests
Guests is plural after four.
Choose the noun for a person staying at a hotel. A person staying at a hotel is a hotel ___. (guest / host)
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guest
A person staying at a hotel can be a guest.
Choose the singular after each. Each ___ received a key. (guest / guests)
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guest
Each introduces the singular noun guest.
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Choose the plural after four. We invited four ___ to dinner. (guest / guests)
Choose the noun for a person staying at a hotel. A person staying at a hotel is a hotel ___. (guest / host)
Choose the singular after each. Each ___ received a key. (guest / guests)
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Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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