Question

Write the set of all vowels in the English alphabet which precede q.

Answer 1

Hint: To solve this question, we should know a little about the English alphabet. The English alphabet consists of 26 alphabets. It is made up of vowels and consonants. There are 5 vowels, which are, a, e, i, o and u. The rest of the 21 alphabets are known as the consonants. We should also know the meaning of ‘precede’, which is before. So, the set can be made by applying these conditions.

Complete step-by-step answer:

We have been asked in the question to write the set of all the vowels in the English alphabet which precede q. Now, we know that the English alphabets contain vowels and consonants. We know that there are 5 vowels in the English alphabets, and they are, a, e, i, o and u respectively. So, we have to consider only these alphabets for the set, according to the question. But we have been given another condition too, which is that the vowels should precede q. We know that the word, ‘precede’ means before. So, while writing the set, we have to consider the alphabets that are vowels and which come before alphabet q. By looking at the list of vowels, that is, a, e, i, o and u, we can see that a, i, e, and o come before q and u comes after q. So, we will eliminate u and consider all the other vowels for the set.
Therefore, our final set will be, {a, e, i, o}.

Note: The possible mistakes that can be made while doing this question is by getting confused by the word, ‘precede’. The students can get confused between ‘precede’ and ‘succeed’. Precede means before and succeed means after, so if the students are not clear about the meaning of such words, then they will end up with the opposite of what is asked in the question.