Fill in the blanks with an appropriate article, possessive or demonstrative.
1I’m holding this sheet; ............... sheet is thicker than that one.
Wrong!
Use "this" with a singular noun that is near the speaker.
2Is there ............... water on Mars?
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Use "any" with an uncountable noun in a neutral question.
3Do you have ............... information about them?
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Use "any" with the uncountable noun "information" in a neutral question.
4I don’t want to listen to ............... advice.
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Use the possessive adjective "your" before the noun "advice".
5Do you know ............... reason she gave for being absent today?
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Use "the" when referring to a specific reason already connected to the situation.
6Her father works as ............... advocate.
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Use "an" before the singular job noun "advocate" because it begins with a vowel sound.
7When I look back, ............... were the happiest days of my life.
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Use "those" to refer back to plural days in the past.
8There is no such thing as ............... free lunch.
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Use "a" in the fixed expression "a free lunch".
9He is ............... kind-hearted man.
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Use "a" before a singular countable noun when describing one person.
10To do the job well, ............... doctor must be empathetic.
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Use "a" with a singular countable noun beginning with a consonant sound to make a general statement about any member of a profession; "an" is only used before a vowel sound, and "some doctor" means one unknown doctor, not doctors in general.
11I have adopted ............... feral cats.
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Use "some" with a plural noun in an affirmative sentence.
12You have never offered me ............... help.
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Use "any" after a negative verb form such as "have never offered".
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- I’m holding this sheet; this sheet is thicker than that one.
- Is there any water on Mars?
- Do you have any information about them?
- I don’t want to listen to your advice.
- Do you know the reason she gave for being absent today?
- Her father works as an advocate.
- When I look back, those were the happiest days of my life.
- There is no such thing as a free lunch.
- He is a kind-hearted man.
- To do the job well, a doctor must be empathetic.
- I have adopted some feral cats.
- You have never offered me any help.