Fill in the blanks with an appropriate determiner.
1. He got the job because there weren’t …………………………. applicants.
Correct!
Wrong!
2. There was too .................................. work to do.
Correct!
Wrong!
3. …………………………. effort is required to achieve success.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use much with uncountable nouns.
4. Not ………………………….. criminals are violent.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use all with plural nouns.
5. He never showed ……………………….. interest in his studies.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use many in questions and negative sentences.
6. There was ……………………….. ado about nothing.
Correct!
Wrong!
7. ………………………… of the applications were turned down.
Correct!
Wrong!
None is followed by a singular verb.
8. He showed …………………………… interest in talking to me.
Please select 2 correct answers
Correct!
Wrong!
Either no or little is possible here. We can also use hardly any.
9. She was …………………………. annoyed to find him in her room.
Correct!
Wrong!
10. You eat very …………………………..
Correct!
Wrong!
When there is no idea of comparison, use the positive form of the adjective.
11. There are hardly …………………………. apples on that tree.
Correct!
Wrong!
Hardly any indicates a very small number.
12. It is no fun having to look after too …………………………… kids.
Correct!
Wrong!
Answers
- He got the job because there weren’t many applicants.
- There is too much work to do.
- Much effort is required to achieve success.
- Not all criminals are violent.
- He never showed any interest in his studies.
- There was much ado about nothing.
- Most of the applications were turned down.
- He showed little interest in talking to me.
- She was much / very much annoyed to find him in her room.
- You eat very little.
- There are hardly any apples on that tree.
- It is no fun having to look after too many kids.
