Fill in the blanks with an appropriate determiner or adverb.
1Are you ............... to be staying in this evening?
Wrong!
"Likely" is correct because it can be followed by a to-infinitive.
2It is likely ...............
Wrong!
"That the meeting will be postponed" is correct after "It is likely" in this sentence.
3............... politicians are really honest.
Wrong!
"Few" is correct with plural countable nouns such as "politicians."
4Could I try ............... soup?
Wrong!
"A little" is correct for a small amount of the uncountable noun "soup."
5Only ............... my students like mathematics.
Wrong!
"A few of" is correct before a plural noun with a determiner such as "my students."
6............... people can claim that they always tell the truth.
Wrong!
"Few" is correct before a plural countable noun without a determiner.
7............... us can claim that we always tell the truth.
Wrong!
"Few of" is correct before the object pronoun "us."
8Could I have a ............... the soup?
Wrong!
"Little more of" is correct in the phrase "a little more of the soup."
9You don’t need to go shopping. We have got ............... bacon.
Wrong!
"A little" is correct for some of the uncountable noun "bacon."
10The movie was ............... interesting.
Wrong!
"Not very" is correct before the adjective "interesting."
11She's only gone to the shop; she won't be ...............
Wrong!
"Long" is used in negative sentences such as "She won't be long"; "for a long time" cannot follow "won't be" here.
12We have been waiting ...............
Wrong!
"For a long time" is correct in this affirmative perfect-continuous sentence.
Answers
- Are you likely to be staying in this evening?
- It is likely that the meeting will be postponed.
- Few politicians are really honest.
- Could I try a little soup?
- Only a few of my students like mathematics.
- Few people can claim that they always tell the truth.
- Few of us can claim that we always tell the truth.
- Could I have a little more of the soup?
- You don’t need to go shopping. We have got a little bacon.
- The movie was not very interesting.
- She’s only gone to the shop; she won’t be long.
- We have been waiting for a long time.