Fill in the blanks with an appropriate determiner.
1I bought ............... bag yesterday, and I am using it today.
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Use "this" before a singular noun when you mean one thing near you or connected with the present situation.
2Can I have ............... rice, please?
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Use "some" in polite requests when you expect the answer to be yes.
3She doesn’t have ............... interest in politics.
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Use "any" in negative sentences with uncountable nouns like interest.
4How ............... food did you eat?
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Use "much" with uncountable nouns in questions.
5There were ............... applications for the job.
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Use "many" with plural countable nouns like applications.
6Only ............... applicants were appointed.
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Use "a few" with plural countable nouns to mean a small number.
7She speaks ............... Spanish.
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Use "a little" with uncountable nouns or languages to mean a small amount.
8............... mangoes are sour.
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Use "Those" before a plural noun when referring to things farther away or already indicated.
9The hostess welcomed ............... guest.
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Use "each" before a singular countable noun when you mean every individual person or thing.
10............... the guests have arrived.
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Use "All" directly before a plural noun phrase such as the guests; "every" and "each" need a singular noun or "of".
11You have eaten a ............... loaf.
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Use "whole" after a/an and before a singular countable noun.
12............... of my friends are atheists.
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Use "Some" with of before a plural noun phrase to refer to an unspecified number of people or things.
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- I bought this bag yesterday, and I am using it today.
- Can I have some rice, please?
- She doesn’t have any interest in politics.
- How much food did you eat?
- There were many applications for the job.
- Only a few applicants were appointed.
- She speaks a little Spanish.
- Those mangoes are sour.
- The hostess welcomed each guest.
- All the guests have arrived.
- You have eaten a whole loaf.
- Some of my friends are atheists.