Fill in the blanks with an appropriate adjective.
1Have you bought ............... mangoes?
Wrong!
Use "any" in most negative and interrogative sentences.
2Will you lend me ............... money?
Wrong!
Use "some" in a question that is a request or offer when you expect a positive answer.
3............... seat was taken.
Wrong!
Use "Every" before a singular countable noun to mean all members of a group.
4Five students are seated on ...............
Wrong!
Use "each bench" to talk about the benches individually after a number on each one.
5He visits us ............... three days.
Wrong!
Use "every" with a plural time expression to show regular intervals.
6He is not likely to recover. That means there is ............... hope of his recovery.
Wrong!
Use "little" to mean almost no hope.
7He showed ............... concern for me.
Wrong!
Use "little" to mean almost no concern.
8............... tact would have saved the situation.
Wrong!
Use "A little" to mean a small amount of tact.
9............... knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Wrong!
Use "A little" in the proverb "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing."
10............... grain we had was damaged in the rains.
Wrong!
Use "The little" to mean the small amount that existed.
11............... people are so hopeless as drunkards.
Wrong!
Use "Few" to mean hardly any people.
12............... remarks that he made were very poignant.
Wrong!
Use "The few" to refer to the small number of remarks that he actually made.
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- 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.
