correct answers

Meaning

This phrase refers to the right, accurate, or true responses to questions on a test, quiz, or assignment. It is often used by teachers when grading papers or by students checking their work against an answer key.

Examples

• You need to get at least eight correct answers to pass the test.

  You need to get at least eight correct answers to pass the test.

• The teacher wrote the correct answers on the board after the quiz.

  The teacher wrote the correct answers on the board after the quiz.

• Please check your work to make sure you have the correct answers.

  Please check your work to make sure you have the correct answers.

• How many correct answers did you get on the science exam?

  How many correct answers did you get on the science exam.

• The answer key lists all the correct answers for chapter five.

  The answer key lists all the correct answers for chapter five.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ I got ten corrects answers on the quiz.

  ✓ I got ten correct answers on the quiz.

  Adjectives in English do not have plural forms. Even if 'answers' is plural, 'correct' must remain singular.

• ✗ Are these the righting answers?

  ✓ Are these the correct answers?

  Do not confuse the adjective 'correct' or 'right' with the verb/noun 'righting'. Use 'correct answers' or 'right answers'.

Related Expressions

Practice

• After the test, the teacher showed us the ___.

  💡 The right responses.

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  correct answers

• If you want an A, you need to write ___ for all ten questions.

  💡 Accurate responses.

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  correct answers