Fill in the blanks with an appropriate determiner.
1Can I have ............... fruit?
Wrong!
Use "some" in polite requests when you expect the answer to be yes.
2............... of us was aware of what had happened.
Wrong!
Use "None" before "of us" when the meaning is not one person.
3Who spilled ............... milk on the carpet?
Wrong!
Use "the" when referring to a specific amount of milk already understood in the situation.
4I watched ............... new films last week, but not very many.
Wrong!
Use "a few" with plural countable nouns to mean a small number.
5............... guests are waiting for us.
Wrong!
Use "The" when the speaker and listener know which guests are meant.
6............... people were injured in the accident.
Wrong!
Use "Several" with plural countable nouns such as "people".
7I don’t have ............... smartphone.
Wrong!
Use "a" before a singular countable noun beginning with a consonant sound.
8She is ............... cleverer than me.
Wrong!
Use "a lot" to make a comparative adjective stronger.
9I did hardly ............... work yesterday.
Wrong!
The correct phrase after "hardly" is "any".
10There was not ............... room on the bus for all our bags.
Wrong!
Use "much" with uncountable nouns such as "room" in negative sentences.
11............... of the eggs was cracked.
Wrong!
Use "None" with "of the eggs" when not one egg had the quality mentioned.
12He is ............... university student.
Wrong!
Use "a" before "university" because it begins with the consonant sound /juː/.
Answers
- Can I have some fruit?
- None of us was aware of what had happened.
- Who spilled the milk on the carpet?
- I watched a few new films last week, but not very many.
- The guests are waiting for us.
- Several people were injured in the accident.
- I don’t have a smartphone.
- She is a lot cleverer than me.
- I did hardly any work yesterday.
- There was not much room on the bus for all our bags.
- None of the eggs was cracked.
- He is a university student.