Wet: covered with liquid

The idea

Use wet before a noun or after be: wet shoes, the shoes are wet. For comparison, double the final t: wetter than.

Examples

• My shoes are wet from the rain.
• She put the wet towel near the window.
• The floor is still wet after cleaning.
• These socks are wetter than those socks.
• We stayed inside on a wet afternoon.
• His hair got wet in the shower.

Watch out

Wet and dry describe opposite states; get wet describes becoming wet rather than staying dry.

Try it yourself

1. Choose the state after rain. Rain covered my shoes in water, so they are ___. (wet / dry)

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   wet

   Wet describes the state of the shoes after rain.

2. Choose the comparative spelling. These socks have more water than those: they are ___. (wetter / weter)

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   wetter

   The comparative spelling is wetter, with two letters t.

3. Choose the expression for becoming wet. Water soaked his previously dry hair, so it ___. (got wet / stayed dry)

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   got wet

   Got wet describes a change into the wet state.

Use it today

Describe something that got wet and explain how it happened.