Fill in the blanks.
1............... men were lost in the encounter.
Wrong!
Use "Many" with plural countable nouns such as "men".
2............... encouragement is all some people need to keep doing a good job.
Wrong!
"A little" means a small but helpful amount of an uncountable noun.
3Grandfather endowed ............... child with a trust fund.
Wrong!
"Each" is used with a singular countable noun when we mean every individual one.
4Is there ............... way we can tempt him to come to the party?
Wrong!
"Any" is natural in this question with the singular noun "way".
5............... habits are firmly established during childhood.
Wrong!
"Most" means the majority of plural countable nouns such as "habits".
6The teacher evaluated the performance of ............... student.
Wrong!
"Each" fits before the singular noun "student" to mean every individual student.
7That was the ............... exciting film of the year.
Wrong!
"Most" forms the superlative in "the most exciting film".
8She didn’t show ............... interest in my work.
Wrong!
"Any" is the usual determiner in a negative sentence before the uncountable noun "interest".
9He doesn’t have ............... patience.
Wrong!
"Much" is used with uncountable nouns such as "patience".
10We have ............... money.
Wrong!
"Little" is used with uncountable nouns such as "money".
11............... nations condemned the act.
Wrong!
"Few" is used with plural countable nouns such as "nations".
12I ate ............... rice and then I went to work.
Wrong!
"A little" is used with uncountable nouns such as "rice".
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- Many men were lost in the encounter.
- A little encouragement is all some people need to keep doing a good job.
- Grandfather endowed each child with a trust fund.
- Is there any way we can tempt him to come to the party?
- Most habits are firmly established during childhood.
- The teacher evaluated the performance of each student.
- That was the most exciting film of the year.
- She didn’t show any interest in my work.
- He doesn’t have much patience.
- We have little money.
- Few nations condemned the act.
- I ate a little rice and then I went to work.