Fill in the blanks with appropriate determiners.
1They had ............... hope of success; yet they persevered.
Wrong!
Little means hardly any.
2The movie was ............... interesting.
Wrong!
We do not normally use little to modify adjectives or adverbs with a negative meaning.
3They arrived ............... late.
Wrong!
We can use a little before adjectives with a negative meaning.
4We have got ............... meat.
Wrong!
We use a little before uncountable nouns.
5............... people understand philosophy.
Wrong!
We use few before a plural noun.
6Only ............... us are really honest.
Wrong!
We use few of before a pronoun.
7Could I try ............... soup?
Wrong!
8Could I try a ............... your soup?
Wrong!
Before a pronoun we use little of.
9Only ............... children in the class passed the test.
Wrong!
We use a few before a noun without a determiner.
10Only ............... the students like math.
Wrong!
Before a noun with a determiner we use few of / a few of.
11An average politician has ............... real power.
Wrong!
We use little before uncountable nouns.
12............... people can speak a foreign language perfectly.
Wrong!
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- They had little hope of success; yet they persevered.
- The movie was not very interesting.
- They arrived a little late.
- We have got a little meat.
- Few people understand philosophy.
- Only a few of us are really honest.
- Could I try a little soup?
- Could I try a little of your soup?
- Only a few children in the class passed the test.
- Only a few of the students like math.
- An average politician has little real power.
- Few people can speak a foreign language perfectly.
