Fill in the blanks with an appropriate adjective.
1Have you bought ............... mangoes?
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In a neutral question, "any" is the usual determiner before a plural countable noun.
2Will you lend me ............... money?
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In a request where the speaker expects a positive answer, "some" is the natural choice.
3............... seat was taken.
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Before a singular countable noun meaning all members of a group, use "Every".
4Five students are seated on ...............
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To say the number on every individual bench, use "each bench".
5He visits us ............... three days.
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For regular intervals with a plural time expression, use "every".
6He is not likely to recover. That means there is ............... hope of his recovery.
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To mean almost no hope, use "little".
7He showed ............... concern for me.
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To mean almost no concern, use "little".
8............... tact would have saved the situation.
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To mean a small amount that would have helped, use "A little".
9............... knowledge is a dangerous thing.
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The proverb begins with "A little" to mean a small amount.
10............... grain we had was damaged in the rains.
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To mean the small amount that existed, use "The little".
11............... people are so hopeless as drunkards.
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To mean hardly any people, use "Few".
12............... remarks that he made were very poignant.
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To refer to the small number of remarks that he actually made, use "The few".
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- Have you bought any mangoes?
- Will you lend me some money?
- Every seat was taken.
- Five students are seated on each bench
- He visits us every three days.
- He is not likely to recover. That means there is little hope of his recovery.
- He showed little concern for me.
- A little tact would have saved the situation.
- A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
- The little grain we had was damaged in the rains.
- Few people are so hopeless as drunkards.
- The few remarks that he made were very poignant.