Fill in the blanks with an appropriate determiner.
1............... birds can fly; penguins and ostriches can't.
Wrong!
Use "Not all" to mean that some birds can fly, but some cannot.
2............... people enjoy working at night.
Wrong!
Use "Some" directly before a plural noun when there is no determiner.
3............... these mangoes are rotten.
Wrong!
Use "Some of" before a determiner such as "these".
4He is at home ............... days.
Wrong!
Use "most" directly before a plural noun when speaking generally.
5............... this money is yours.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "All" and "All of" can come before "this money" to mean the whole amount.
6I haven't read ............... his books.
Wrong!
Use "any of" before a possessive determiner such as "his" in a negative sentence.
7I was not feeling well yesterday, so I spent ............... the day in bed.
Wrong!
Use "most of" before a noun phrase with "the".
8............... my family live in India.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "All" and "All of" can come before "my family" to mean every member.
9How ............... these books have you read?
Wrong!
Use "many of" before a determiner such as "these" when asking about a number.
10I have read ............... of these books, so I can't discuss them all.
Wrong!
Use "only a few" to mean a small number.
11............... us went to the party.
Wrong!
Use "All of" before an object pronoun such as "us".
12Not ............... people can speak a foreign language perfectly.
Wrong!
Use "many" after "Not" to mean that only a small number of people can do it.
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- Not all birds can fly; penguins and ostriches can’t.
- Some people enjoy working at night.
- Some of these mangoes are rotten.
- He is at home most days.
- All / All of this money is yours.
- I haven’t read any of his books.
- I was not feeling well yesterday, so I spent most of the day in bed.
- All / All of my family live in India.
- How many of these books have you read?
- I have read only a few of these books, so I can’t discuss them all.
- All of us went to the party.
- Not many people can speak a foreign language perfectly.