Fill in the blanks with an appropriate determiner.

Determiners are words like much, many, some, any, all, every, each, whole, both, few and little. Determiners come at the beginning of nouns or noun phrases. Some determiners are also used as adjectives.

1. I didn’t do ……………… work yesterday. (much / many)

2. They showed ………………… reluctance to admit us. (much / many)

3. She does not have …………………… followers on social media. (many / much)

4. There isn’t ……………….. water in the pond. (much / many)

5. Is there ……………….. water on the moon? (any / some)

6. I ate ……………….. food. (a little / a few)

7. ……………….. money is required to build a home. (Much / Many)

8. He earns ……………….. money than I do. (little / less / least)

9. Raju has eaten ……………….. the cookies. (all / whole / some)

10. You will feel better if you eat ………………. food. (some / any)

11. Don’t invest ……………….. your money in the stock market. (all / whole)

12. Not ………………. birds can sing. (all / every / each)

13. Not ………………. bird can fly. (all / every / each)

14. I talked to ……………….. student in the class. (each / all / some)

15. ……………….. student has submitted their work. (Every / All / Some)

16. ……………….. children were absent yesterday. (Some / Any / Every)

17. During the summer vacation, I spent ………………… days in Kerala. (a few / a little)

18. ………………… criminals are violent. (Few / Less / Little)

19. Not …………….. students passed the test. (many / much)

20. We cannot afford to spend …………………. money we have on gadgets. (little / a little / the little)

Answers

1. much (Use much with uncountable nouns.)

2. much

3. many (Use many with plural nouns.)

4. much (Water is an uncountable noun; use much with it.)

5. any (Use any questions and negative sentences.)

6. little (Use little with uncountable nouns; use few with plural nouns; a little indicates a small quantity.)

7. Much.

8. less (Less is the comparative form of little.)

9. all (We can say all the cookies or all of the cookies; however, we cannot say some the cookies. It should be some of the cookies.)

10. some (Use some in affirmative sentences)

11. all

12. all (Use all with plural nouns; each and every are used with singular nouns)

13. every (Use every with a singular noun.)

14. each (All and some are used with plural nouns.)

15. Every

16. Some.

17. a few (A few indicates a small number.)

18. Few.

19. many.

20. the little