3. Fill in the blanks with suitable determiners. More than one answer is possible in certain cases. (a) Do you remember ………………….. of the questions asked in the interview? (b) I know very ………………….. about him. (c) Shakespeare wrote ………………….. plays. (d) ………………….. citizen should vote. (e) She has not bought ………………….. new books recently. (f) ………………….. one can go and collect the prize. (g) I collected all the marbles but I think ………………….. are still left. (h) ………………….. watches have you got? (i) ………………….. trees were cut yesterday. (j) These cheques can be deposited in ………………….. branch of the bank. (k) ………………….. vehicle is parked in front of of gate?.
Answers
Answer:
How many
Much
Many
A
These
Any
Some
How many
Many
This
A
Explanation:
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(a) Do you remember any of the questions asked in the interview?
(b) I know very little about him.
(c) Shakespeare wrote many plays.
(d) Every citizen should vote.
(e) She has not bought any new books recently.
(f) Any one can go and collect the prize.
(g) I collected all the marbles but I think some are still left.
(h) How many watches have you got?
(i) Many trees were cut yesterday.
(j) These cheques can be deposited in any branch of the bank.
(k) Which vehicle is parked in front of the gate?
(a) The speaker is unsure if the person they are speaking to remembers the specific questions from the interview or not. Hence, "any" is a suitable determiner here.
(b) In the given sentence, the speaker is indicating a limited amount of knowledge about the person in question, "little" is a suitable determiner to express the same.
(c) We use "many" to indicate a large number. In the given sentence, many can be used to indicate a large number of plays written by Shakespeare.
(d) "every" is used to indicate that the speaker is wants all citizens should vote.
(e) "any" can be used to express a lack of something. Here, the speaker is indicating a lack of new books purchased by the person in question.
(f) "any one" indicates that anyone has the ability to go and collect the prize.
(g) "some" is used indicate a small number of something, the speaker uses to indicate a limited number of marbles still remaining.
(h) "many" or "how many" are suitable determiners here as the speaker is asking for a specific quantity of watches the person has.
(i) To indicating a large number of trees that were cut, many can be used as a modifier to represent it.
(j) "any" - This is an indefinite pronoun, used to refer to one or some of a group of things.
(k) "What" - This is an interrogative pronoun, used to ask about a thing.
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