Choose the appropriate quantifiers to complete the sentences.

1. He is an expert on languages, but he knows ---- about mathematics.

few
little
a lot of
several

2. I don't think there will be a severe shortage of usable water because there was ---- rain fall
yesterday.

little
few
any
a lot of

3. Unfortunately, I have ---- talent for music although I have always wanted to be a famous
singer.

little
few
a few
plenty of

4. There were ---- people at the meeting earlier but most of them left early so there aren't many
left now.

little
few
much
several

5. Although she thought she knew ---- of the subject, the teacher asked a few details she hardly
remembered.

several
much
many
any

6. ---- people enjoy the performance of the theater company but I don't think it is a successful
one.

Much
Several
Every
No

7. I had to live in Paris and Madrid for many years because of my business but I don't like ----
city much.

all
whole
either
neither

8. Both players in the tennis match have been warned by the referee but ---- of them seems to
take it seriously.

none
either
every
neither

9. In my country, ---- universities offer a wide range of courses. That's why they are preferred by
foreign students as well.

every
each
a great deal of
most
 10. The vocabulary list had been memorized by ---- of the students and each one scored over
80 percent on the exam.

every
all
a little
the whole
Fill in the blanks with a, an, the articles. Put x where no article is necessary.

1-2.       A   An The x____  Tower of London is       a   an the x ______ popular tourist attraction.

3-5. Newcastle is       a   an the x ____ town in       a   an the x  _____north of       a 
an the x  England.
6-8.       A   An The x ______ Princess lives in       a   an the x _____ palace in       a 
an the x  London.
9-10.       A   An The x ______ Buckingham Palace is where       a   an the x  _______Queen of
England officially lives.
11-12. She bought       a   an the x_______  expensive necklace at       a 
an the x_______  Harrods.
Demonstrative determiners:

1.      This  That  These  Those_____   was a great evening.

2. Are      this  that  these  those ______  your pencils here?
3.      This  That  These  Those____   bottle over there is empty.
4.      This  That  These  Those   ______bricks over there are for your chimney.
5. John, take      this  that  these  those _____  folder and put it on the desk over there.
Distributive pronouns:
 ______of you has received the prize.
 _______ favor you can choose.
 ______of the answer is true.
 _______ of you has to come at right time.
 _______ of you is responsible for yourself.

Distributive determiners:

 The teacher gave______ of the students a piece of paper.

 ______one of   myfriend sent me a birthday card, but none of them bought
me a present.
 Henry had _______ idea what the answer to the question was.
 I like many of her songs, but not ______ of them are good.
 Pronouns:

I'm in bed, because I'm ill. Looking through the window is _____only fun. Look.  Are _____
friends playing football in the playground.
_____ isn't Diana's house.  is next door.
Hello. _____ name's Frank. What's ?
 is certainly not hot tea, ____can touch it.
I've got a problem. Can_____ help ?
 is my father's picture on the wall. It's dirty, but ____ can't clean it, because it's too high.
_____office isn't big. 's quite small.
You can do it by .
 books are very interesting. Could _____borrow them?

1. ______are Tom’s.

2. They didn’t give _____ a chance to think before beginning the competition.

3. The dog _____ bit her brother belongs to the man down the road.

4. Do you know______ the movie starts?

5. They think_____ is the most interesting submission.

6. The audience sat transfixed as the woman ____had just won the award fell down the
stairs.

7. ______will need to finish doing the lunch dishes before Don fixes dinner.
8. Have you been _____ before?

9. The studio plans to give ______ each a fruit basket.

Decide which parts of speech the underlined words are:

1. You have to believe in yourself if you ever expect to be successful at

something.   verb adverb adjective pronoun conjunction interjection noun preposition 
2. We left for the mountain just before six in the
morning.   verb adverb adjective pronoun conjunction interjection noun preposition 
3. We first went to the store to buy a few
things.   verb adverb adjective pronoun conjunction interjection noun preposition 
4. We had a breakfast at a café near the rail station.   verb adverb adjective pronoun conjunction 
interjection noun preposition 
5. My friend wasn't strong enough to lift
his heavy rucksack.   verb adverb adjective pronoun conjunction interjection noun preposition 
6. I helped him carry it.   verb adverb adjective pronoun conjunction interjection noun preposition 
7. The weather
was very cold.   verb adverb adjective pronoun conjunction interjection noun preposition 
8. My friend said, "Oh! What a cold
weather!"   verb adverb adjective pronoun conjunction interjection noun preposition 
9. We didn't spend the
night there.   verb adverb adjective pronoun conjunction interjection noun preposition 
10. We got back home late at night but we didn't go to sleep immediately. We were very
hungry.   verb adverb adjective pronoun conjunction interjection noun preposition 

 
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