Complete the following sentences using appropriate determiners.
1Have you got ...............?
Wrong!
Use "any razors" in a question when you mean razors in general.
2............... believe in God.
Wrong!
Use "Most people" to talk about people in general.
3............... New York was without electricity last night.
Wrong!
Use "Most of" before a specific place name such as New York.
4............... my friends smoke.
Wrong!
Use "None of" before a possessive plural noun phrase such as my friends.
5............... ideas are brilliant.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "All his" and "All of his" are correct before a plural possessive noun phrase.
6............... my sisters live in Kuwait.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "Both" and "Both of" are correct before my sisters when the meaning is two sisters.
7............... partners agreed to sign the paper.
Wrong!
Use "Neither of the" before a specific plural noun phrase when the meaning is not one and not the other.
8............... these blouses looks gorgeous.
Wrong!
Use "Every one of" for each item in a group when the verb is singular.
9............... philosophy is concerned with life after death.
Wrong!
Use "Much of" before the specific uncountable noun philosophy.
Answers
- Have you got any razors?
- Most people believe in God.
- Most of New York was without electricity last night.
- None of my friends smoke.
- All his / All of his ideas are brilliant.
- Both / Both of my sisters live in Kuwait.
- Neither of the partners agreed to sign the paper.
- Every one of these blouses looks gorgeous.
- Much of philosophy is concerned with life after death.
