Fill in the blanks with an appropriate determiner.
1These days I am quite busy with my work, so I have ............... time for other things.
Wrong!
Use "little" with the uncountable noun "time" when you mean not much.
2I had to walk home because there was ............... bus.
Wrong!
Use "no" before a singular countable noun to mean there was not one.
3She will have ............... difficulty finding a job.
Wrong!
Use "no" before the noun "difficulty" to mean she will not have any difficulty.
4How ............... money have you got?
Wrong!
Use "much" with the uncountable noun "money" in questions.
5All of this money is mine. ............... of this is yours.
Wrong!
Use "None" to mean not any part of the money mentioned before.
6............... knows what is going to happen.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "Nobody" and "Hardly anyone" fit before "knows" to mean that no one, or almost no one, knows.
7There is ............... need to hurry; we have got plenty of time.
Wrong!
Use "no" before "need" in the expression "There is no need".
8I don't see ............... of him these days.
Wrong!
Use "much" in the expression "see much of someone".
9I don't enjoy living here because I have ............... friends here.
Wrong!
Use "few" with the plural countable noun "friends" when you mean not many.
10I have got very ............... money.
Wrong!
Use "little" with the uncountable noun "money" after "very".
11She said hardly ............... during the meeting.
Wrong!
Use "anything" after "hardly" because the meaning is already negative.
12They have got ............... money, so they can buy a new car.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "plenty of" or "a lot of" with the uncountable noun "money" to mean a large amount.
Done.
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Answers
- These days I am quite busy with my work, so I have little time for other things.
- I had to walk home because there was no bus.
- She will have no difficulty finding a job.
- How much money have you got?
- All of this money is mine. None of this is yours.
- Nobody / Hardly anyone knows what is going to happen.
- There is no need to hurry; we have got plenty of time.
- I don’t see much of him these days.
- I don’t enjoy living here because I have few friends here.
- I have got very little money.
- She said hardly anything during the meeting.
- They have got plenty of / a lot of money, so they can buy a new car.
