Determiners Articles Quantifiers English Grammar Exercises

Questiom. I listened to some news on _____ radio about _____ man arrested for embezzlement last Tuesday.
A) every / the
B) the / -
C) a / the
D) the / the
E) a / a

Answer : D

Questiom. One of the _____ things the warring factions have in common is _____ opposition to the US.
A) little / its
B) few / their
C) many / yours
D) number of / theirs
E) more / my

Answer : B

Questiom. For the potable water system onboard the ship there are _____ standards, like the first one, that it be potable
A) a little
B) a good deal of
C) a great quantity of
D) both of
E) a number of

Answer : E

Questiom. Monkeys are famous for ____ eagerness to approach people and playfully interact with _____ especially in the circus.
A) themselves / us
B) their / them
C) its / you
D) our / theirs
E) my / me

Answer : B

Questiom. The artists of the Spanish Market work with many different kinds of materials; _____ weave cloth on looms or punch designs into tin, _____ make their own pottery or carve objects out of bone.
A) some / others
B) all / none
C) several / a good deal
D) many / each
E) too few / the other

Answer : A

Questiom. There were almost 2500 demonstrators in the square last weekend. This shows that _____ people attended the demonstration.
A) a great quantity of
B) a large amount of
C) a great number of
D) very little
E) much of

Answer : C

Questiom. She spends ____ money on clothes whenever she goes shopping.
A) a large amount of
B) a great number of
C) a couple of
D) several
E) many

Answer : A

Questiom. There are issues that needed ______ attention before the disaster.
A) a great deal of
B) a great many
C) several of
D) many
E) the number of

Answer : A

Questiom. How does one go about making sure adults discharge responsibilities when they are _____ unaware of what _____ can do?
A) theirs / they
B) themselves / they
C) they / theirs
D) them / he
E) us / we

Answer : B

Questiom. Rescue efforts resumed in Beichuan after _____ entire city was evacuated amid fears that it could be engulfed by a river bursting _____ banks.
A) the / its
B) - / themselves
C) an / their
D) the / their
E) the / our

Answer : A

Questiom. As for George Bush's calls for democracy in the wider Middle East, _____ Americans thought this was a good idea, but _____ thought it would succeed.
A) most / few
B) several / all
C) many / a lot of
D) plenty of / a great deal
E) few / no

Answer : A

Questiom. It is true that we, all nations, live elbow to elbow with ______ all the way from the Caspian Sea to the western end of the Mediterranean.
A) another
B) each others
C) the other
D) other
E) one another

Answer : E

Questiom. _____ commercial or recreational salmon fishing will be allowed off the coast of Oregon this year due to the possible extinction of the species.
A) Some
B) One
C) No
D) None
E) Each

Answer : C

Questiom. While consumers who obtain genuine products can improve their health, _____ who are deceived by clever advertising may lose their health, their savings or _____.
A) those / both
B) ones / neither
C) all / none
D) both / all
E) none / either

Answer : A

Questiom. ____ attempt to explain why humans think and behave in the way that they do will inevitably be linked to one or _____ branch of psychology.
A) Whole / others
B) Each / each other
C) Every / the other
D) All / one another
E) Any / another

Answer : E

Questiom. There were ____ adventurers who were willing to fight in _____ cause if the pay were good.
A) several / some
B) many / none
C) some / any
D) a good deal of / few
E) the number of / most

Answer : C

Questiom. Under law, the manufacturers don't have to declare _____ ingredients.
A) whole
B) all
C) every
D) each
E) few

Answer : B

Questiom. The gangs emanate terror. Every town, _____ say is under _____ control.
A) they / their
B) we / our
C) they / themselves
D) you / theirs
E) us / my

Answer : A

Questiom. There were some people on the street that fought with _____.
A) one another
B) themselves
C) another
D) other
E) the other

Answer : A

Questiom. Her husband tried to convince her to reject it, but she would have _____ of it.
A) some
B) no
C) none
D) neither
E) many

Answer : A

Questiom. We hope doctors may someday be able to diagnose lung cancer with ______ more than a quick swab of the mouth.
A) everything
B) nothing
C) something
D) anything
E) somewhere

Answer : B

Questiom. _____ in my brain a light bulb slowly started to twinkle towards the given question.
A) Everything
B) Nothing
C) Somewhere
D) Anyone
E) Nowhere

Answer : C

Questiom. I was thinking of buying a pregnancy dress _____, but _____ was given one as a present by my husband.
A) myself / I
B) it / she
C) me / mine
D) itself / me
E) mine / I

Answer : A

Questiom. The truth is, I'm not _____ pleased with Mike's grades this year.
A) a little
B) a lot
C) some
D) at least
E) at all

Answer : E

Questiom. Most of our traditions are ____ practised because they're regarded as obsolete.
A) any more
B) none
C) some more
D) no longer
E) any longer

Answer : D

Questiom. I’m afraid I won’t be able to say _____ since I have ____ idea about the issue.
A) everything / few
B) anyone / much
C) anything / no
D) nothing /any
E) something / none

Answer : C

Questiom. We saw _____ positive results from our investigation on aggressive human breast cancer cells.
A) the number of
B) quite a few
C) a good deal
D) lots
E) many a

Answer : B

Questiom. In the play, the two players cannot see or hear _____, but they are seated at interconnected computers.
A) each other
B) one another
C) themselves
D) another
E) the others

Answer : A

Questiom. Both the Alliance elements in Afghanistan and the Shiite factions in Iraq had been recipients of Iranian support before the US interested ______ in ______ causes.
A) itself / their
B) them / its
C) theirs / some
D) its / theirs
E) it / its

Answer : A

Questiom. As a child grows older, he becomes more convinced that science could do _____ or nothing to explain the world of spirituality.
A) few
B) little
C) some
D) a few
E) a little

Answer : B

Questiom. It's never too early to begin thinking and planning for the Silent Auction, ______ as a donor or consumer or ______.
A) neither / either
B) either /both
C) not / neither
D) either / neither
E) either / none

Answer : B

Questiom. _____ product you buy should be a gateway to a personal sustainability practice.
A) None
B) Everything
C) Any
D) Several
E) Most

Answer : C

Questiom. For most of ______ who emigrated, the search for employment and a better life was almost certainly the principal cause of ______ departure.
A) none / their
B) ones / some
C) all / any
D) some / its
E) those / their

Answer : E

Questiom. Our brain is made of many parts, ______ of which has a specific function.
A) every
B) all
C) each
D) whole
E) many

Answer : C

Questiom. Police had no motive for the attack, and witnesses said they heard _____ demand for money or _____ else.
A) no / anything
B) any / something
C) some / anyone
D) every / nothing
E) a / anything

Answer : A

Questiom. _____ elder people’s pulse rate is less than 2 beats per second.
A) Much
B) A few of
C) Most
D) The whole
E) Every

Answer : C

Questiom. After ____ years passed, I decided to have an operation to have _____ the wrinkles taken away from around my eyes.
A) many / a good many
B) the whole / both
C) some / many
D) all / all of
E) several / all

Answer : E

Questiom. Things happen in ______ stadium and ours is no different than _____.
A) any / the other
B) every / others
C) the others / the others
D) each / each other
E) one / one another

Answer : B

Questiom. In our country, there are well-known spectacle places, _____ after______, especially in the West.
A) one / the others
B) some / other
C) several / others
D) the other / the others
E) one / another

Answer : E

Questiom. _____ was in the name of Reynar; _____ Daze.
A) Some / other
B) Another / some
C) One / the other
D) Each other / the other
E) Other / the others

Answer : C

Questiom. Due to _____ rainy weather we've had recently, I didn't have to water _____ garden of our house every day.
A) the / the
B) a / -
C) the / a
D) - / -
E) a / the

Answer : A

Questiom. _____ researchers have demonstrated that global warming tends to result from greenhouse gases.
A) Much more
B) A number of
C) Half of
D) Most of
E) The least

Answer : B

Questiom. Laura has three pets, _____ which is a Siamese cat that has just given birth to twin kittens, and _____ are male dogs that frequently fight.
A) one / others
B) alone / some
C) the one / the others
D) another / other
E) the other / each other

Answer : C

Questiom. Under torture a person will say_____ his captors want to hear.
A) something
B) whichever
C) anything
D) nothing
E) each other

Answer : C

Questiom. Radiation doesn't cause less DNA damage in cancer stem cells than in ______ tumour cells.
A) other
B) others
C) the others
D) another
E) every

Answer : A

Questiom. The merits of ensuring that the world’s poorest have access to the internet are questionable — ______ say it can help lift them out of poverty, ______ that the impact is marginal.
A) most / a great many
B) the whole / others
C) none / the others
D) some / others
E) each / other

Answer : D

Questiom. At no time should you endanger yourself or ______ take _____ unnecessary risks.
A) the others / every
B) others / any
C) one another / no
D) each other / some
E) the other / either

Answer : B

Questiom. Until the 1980s, about 2 in ______ 1,000 people were thought to be affected by the disease.
A) each
B) other
C) more
D) no
E) every

Answer : E

Questiom. She put forward two proposals, ______ of which didn’t make any sense to the participants in the summit.
A) a good number
B) all
C) neither
D) none
E) either

Answer : E

Questiom. ______ of us managed to do it separately, but fortunately together we did it.
A) Neither
B) Both
C) Some
D) AİI
E) Each

Answer : A