Question

We need _____ butter for this cake.(Choose suitable Determiner) *

a little

a few

any

many

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Answer 1

We need a little butter for this cake.

• In the English grammar, determiners are one of the most important components. These determiners establish the relevance of the noun or noun phrase with the context of the rest of the sentence.
• Similarly, quantifier is one of the most important determiners which is somehow shows us the quantity.
• Among the given determiners (or, quantifiers) the "a little" is the most suitable determiner.

Answer 2

We need _____ butter for this cake.(Choose suitable Determiner) 

Answer:

• A little

Explanation:

• The rewrite or complete sentence is 'we need a little butter for this cake.

• Determiners determine nouns by identifying and quantifying.

• There are two kinds of determiners and one is Identifiers and other is Quantifiers.

• Here the given determiner: 'A little' belongs to Quantifiers because here 'a little' denotess the quantity of uncertain numbers about the noun ' butter'.

• Moreover determiners take nouns after them. So a little is appropriate for the blank space. Because in the sentence a little has been used before the noun: 'Butter'.