Question

fill in the blank with appropriate determiner
_ went home happy with a gift ​

Answer 1

we went home happy with a gift

Answer 2

Answer:

A little

Explanation:

The determiner, 'a few' means, 'not a large number'. It is used with countable nouns. However, in the given sentence, the noun, 'English' is a proper name and not countable. Hence, this determiner is not appropriate and option A is incorrect.

The determiner, 'a little' means 'some' or 'a small amount'. It is used with uncountable nouns. In the given sentence, the noun, 'English' is a proper name and not countable. When used in the blank, the determiner means, 'You must learn a small amount of English every day to improve it'. As this word meaningfully completes the sentence, it is an appropriate determiner which can be used in the blank and option B is correct.

The determiner, 'a lot of' means 'a large.