Fill in the blanks with an appropriate quantifier.
1. How ............................ brothers and sisters do you have?
Correct!
Wrong!
Use many with plural nouns in questions and negatives.
2. She doesn't have .............................. money.
Please select 2 correct answers
Correct!
Wrong!
Either much or a lot of is possible here.
3. He did ............................. for me when he was alive.
Correct!
Wrong!
Much is not normally used in affirmative sentences.
4. She doesn't read ................................
Correct!
Wrong!
5. She has ................................. friends.
Correct!
Wrong!
Many is not normally used in affirmative sentences.
6. There aren't .............................. apples on the tree.
Please select 2 correct answers
Correct!
Wrong!
Either many or a lot of is possible here. A lot of can be used in affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences.
7. I have been watching ............................... movies recently.
Please select 2 correct answers
Correct!
Wrong!
Many is not normally used in affirmative sentences. Either lots of or a lot of can be used here.
8. I ate ................................ food.
Correct!
Wrong!
A lot cannot be used before a noun. Use a lot of.
9. ....................................... social problems are caused by poverty.
Correct!
Wrong!
10. Her condition hasn't improved ................................
Please select 2 correct answers
Correct!
Wrong!
11. I didn't know ................................ people at the party.
Please select 2 correct answers
Correct!
Wrong!
12. I have been partying ............................... these days.
Correct!
Wrong!
A lot of is used before a noun.
Answers
- How many brothers and sisters do you have?
- She doesn’t have much / a lot of money.
- He did a lot for me when he was alive.
- She doesn’t read much.
- She has a lot of friends.
- There aren’t many / a lot of apples on the tree.
- I have been watching a lot of movies recently.
- I ate a lot of food.
- A lot of social problems are caused by poverty.
- Her condition hasn’t improved much / a lot.
- I didn’t know many / a lot of people at the party.
- I have been partying a lot these days.
