Fill in the blanks with an appropriate determiner.
1. Even though ......................... my children were born in Mumbai, ......................... of them speaks Marathi.
Correct!
Wrong!
2. He has three daughters but .............................. of them lives with him.
Correct!
Wrong!
Either and neither are used to talk about two people or things; Use none for more than two.
3. I visit my parents ............................ Sunday.
Correct!
Wrong!
4. In a football game, ........................... team has 11 players.
Correct!
Wrong!
Each is used to talk about 2 or more. Every is used to talk about 3 or more.
5. .............................. three girls are intelligent and hard working.
Correct!
Wrong!
6. .......................... my father and my mother were there at my graduation ceremony.
Correct!
Wrong!
Neither should be followed by a singular verb; both should be followed by a plural verb.
7. There was ............................. room on the bus, so we got off.
Correct!
Wrong!
8. He hasn't got .......................... a brother or a sister.
Correct!
Wrong!
Neither means the same as not neither. We can also write 'He has got neither a brother nor a sister.'
9. They were .............................. rich nor poor.
Correct!
Wrong!
Neither means not this nor that.
10. I gave her .......................... food.
Correct!
Wrong!
11. ........................... of these answers is correct.
Correct!
Wrong!
Both should be followed by a plural verb.
12. ………………………. them were there.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use both of before a pronoun.
Answers
- Even though both my children were born in Mumbai, neither of them speaks Marathi.
- He has three daughters but none of them lives with him.
- I visit my parents every Sunday.
- In a football game, each team has 11 players.
- All three girls are intelligent and hard working.
- Both my father and my mother were there at my graduation ceremony.
- There was no room on the bus, so we got off.
- He hasn’t got either a brother or a sister.
- They were neither rich nor poor.
- I gave her some food.
- Neither of these answers is correct.
- Both of them were there.
