Fill in the blanks with an appropriate determiner.
1We are invited to a lot of parties, and we go to ............... of them.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "all" or "every one" to mean the complete number of parties, but "everyone" means everybody.
2These mangoes are two dollars ...............
Wrong!
Use "each" when saying the price of one item in a group.
3In India, elections are held ............... five years.
Wrong!
Use "every" before a number with a plural time word to show regular intervals.
4In cricket, ............... team has 11 players.
Wrong!
Use "each" to refer to the teams separately, one by one.
5We spent ............... day on the beach yesterday.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "the whole" before "day" or "all" before "day" to mean the complete day.
6I don't like the climate here. It rains ............... day.
Wrong!
Use "every" with a singular time word to mean it happens on each day.
7............... of the restaurants we went to was good.
Wrong!
Use "Neither" to mean not one and not the other of two restaurants.
8............... my sisters are married.
Wrong!
Use "Both" for two people when the statement is true about the two together.
9I was ............... hungry and tired when I got home.
Wrong!
Use "both" before two adjectives joined by "and" when both are true.
10I don't know ............... people here.
Wrong!
Use "many" in negative sentences with plural countable nouns.
11You can have ............... tea or coffee.
Wrong!
Use "either" before two choices joined by "or" when one of the two is possible.
12She was here ............... yesterday.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "all day" or "the whole day" to mean for the complete day yesterday.
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- We are invited to a lot of parties, and we go to all / every one of them.
- These mangoes are two dollars each.
- In India, elections are held every five years.
- In cricket, each team has 11 players.
- We spent the whole / all day on the beach yesterday.
- I don’t like the climate here. It rains every day.
- Neither of the restaurants we went to was good.
- Both my sisters are married.
- I was both hungry and tired when I got home.
- I don’t know many people here.
- You can have either tea or coffee.
- She was here all day / the whole day yesterday.