Fill in the blanks with an appropriate determiner.
1. We don't have ............................ time to waste on trivial pursuits.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use much with uncountable nouns.
2. He has got ............................. money.
Correct!
Wrong!
Much is unusual in affirmative sentences. Instead of much, we use plenty of or a lot of.
3. She didn't have ......................... luck.
Correct!
Wrong!
Plenty of and a lot of are unusual in negative sentences.
4. He talks ...........................
Correct!
Wrong!
5. He doesn't talk .............................
Correct!
Wrong!
6. Not ............................ people owned cars in those days.
Correct!
Wrong!
7. He worked here for ........................... years.
Correct!
Wrong!
We do not say a lot of years. We say many years.
8. I met him ............................. weeks ago.
Correct!
Wrong!
A few indicates a small number.
9. She is very busy with her babies. She has ........................... time for other things.
Correct!
Wrong!
10. He earns .............................. money.
Correct!
Wrong!
11. I don't earn ..........................
Correct!
Wrong!
12. She doesn’t have …………………. interest in worldly affairs.
Correct!
Wrong!
Answers
- We don’t have much time to waste on trivial pursuits.
- He has got plenty of money.
- She didn’t have much luck.
- He talks a lot.
- He doesn’t talk much.
- Not many people owned cars in those days.
- He worked here for many years.
- I met him a few weeks ago.
- She is very busy with her babies. She has little time for other things.
- He earns a lot of money.
- I don’t earn much.
- She doesn’t have much interest in worldly affairs.
