Unit: 3 [Sports] Exercises and answer
Grammar
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Determiners
and quantifiers
A. Observe the following examples.
a. People have unethical justifications for all their actions.
b. Americans throw away around 2.5 million plastic bottles every hour.
c. Around 2 billion litres of human and industrial wastes are
dumped into it each day.
d. All of these create the illusion of complete pleasure at
our fingertips, with none of the
hassles of pain.
e. If a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the whole ocean does not become dirty.
The words in bold face in the examples above are called determiners and
quantifiers. We use determiners to identify things (the book) and we use
quantifiers to say how much or how many (a few drops). The following table
shows the determiners and quantifiers in English.
|
Determiners |
Quantifiers |
|
Definite article: the Indefinite articles: a/an Possessives: my, your, his, her, our,
their, its Demonstratives: this, that, these,
those. Interrogatives: which, what |
any, all,
many, much, most, some, a few, a lot
of, a little, none and the cardinal numbers
(one, two, three), etc. |
B. Complete the following sentences with much, many, few
or little.
a. He is an introvert. He has got very………….friends.
→ He is an introvert. He has got
very few
friends.
b. I am busy in preparing my examinations. I have very………..time to give
to you.
→ I am busy in preparing my
examinations. I have very little time to give to you.
c. The entire winter season was dry this year. We had ………….rain.
→ The entire winter season was
dry this year. We had little rain.
d. Our town has almost been modernized. There are…… old buildings left.
→ Our town has almost been
modernized. There are few old buildings left.
e. You can come today. I haven’t got ……………to do.
→ You can come today. I haven’t
got much
to do.
f. The party was crowded. There were too ……..people.
→ The party was crowded. There
were too many people.
g. How ……….photographs did you take while you were in Switzerland?
→ How many photographs
did you take while you were in Switzerland?
h. There was…………….traffic so I came in time.
→ There was few traffic so I
came in time.
i. Can I borrow …………..books
from you?
→ Can I borrow few
books from you?
j. Mohan can’t be a good
teacher. He has…………patience.
→ Mohan can’t be a good teacher.
He has little patience.
a. The party split into
three factions, …………….faction headed by a former prime minister.
→ The party split into three
factions, each faction headed by a former prime minister.
b. Leap years
occur…………..four years.
→ Leap years occur every
four years.
c. ……….parent worries about their children.
→ Every parent
worries about their children.
d. We had a great time in
Singapore. We enjoyed …….minute of our time.
→ We had a great time in
Singapore. We enjoyed every minute of our time.
e. I could catch the main
idea of his speech but I didn’t understand …….of his words.
→ I could catch the main idea of
his speech but I didn’t understand each of his words.
f. In Nepal, ………….motorcycle
rider should wear a helmet.
→ In Nepal, every motorcycle
rider should wear a helmet.
g. You must read ……..of these books for the exam.
→ You must read each of these
books for the exam.
D. Rewrite the following sentences using all of, most of,
none of, both of or some of.
a. Your garden is superb.
……………..the flowers are beautiful.
→ Your garden is superb. All
of the flowers are beautiful.
b. Do you know Bharat and
Kamal? Of course, I do…..them are my friends.
→ Do you know Bharat and Kamal?
Of course, I do both of them are my friends.
c. I bought a box of apples thinking it would be cheaper but I was
mistaken.……………them were rotten.
→ I bought a box of apples
thinking it would be cheaper but I was mistaken some of them were
rotten.
d. When I was in the town, I
asked some people for direction but ………………. them were able to help me. I had to
call my friend.
→ When I was in the town, I
asked some people for direction but none of them were able to
help me. I had to call my friend.
e. We all were soaked in the
rain because………..us had carried an umbrella.
→ We all were soaked in the rain
because none of us had carried an umbrella.
f. My father is healthy in
his seventies but he feels isolated because ……………..his friends are dead now.
→ My father is healthy in his
seventies but he feels isolated because most of his friends are dead
now.
g. All of the tourists are
not Chinese……………..them are Korean too.
→ All of the tourists are not
Chinese some of them are Korean too.
E. Choose the best word from the brackets to complete the
sentences.
a. Give me …….. money I owe you. (which/the/a/an)
→ Give me the money I owe
you.
b. I want ……… boat which would take me to the island. (the/an/those/a)
→ I want the boat which
would take me to the island.
c. Could you pour me ………
water, please? (many/few/these/some)
→ Could you pour me some
water, please? (many/few/these/some)
d. Only …….. employees know
how important the project was. (a few/a little/little/few)
→ Only a few employees
know how important the project was.
e. He was looking for ……..
umbrella. (an/a/those/these)
→ He was looking for an
umbrella.
f. ………. water was evaporated due to excessive heat. (A large number
of/ A lot of/ A large amount of/Many)
→ A large amount of water was evaporated due to excessive heat.
