1. There are not ______ apples
a) much
b) many
c) some
d) an
Very good! ‘apples’ is a countable plural noun, so, the only possibility is ‘many’. ‘some is not possible because it is a negative sentence.
Sorry, ‘apples’ is a countable plural noun, so, the only possibility is ‘many’. ‘some is not possible because it is a negative sentence.
2. How______ money do you have?
a) many
b) much
c) any
d) some
Very good! ‘coffee’ is an uncountable noun, so, the only possibility is ‘much’.
Sorry, ‘coffee’ is an uncountable noun, so, the only possibility is ‘much’.
3. There is _____yoghurt in the fridge.
a) a few
b) many
c) some
d) any
Very good! ‘yoghurt’ is an uncountable noun, so, the only possibility is ‘some’. ‘a few’ and ‘many’ refer to countable nouns and ‘any is used in negative and question only.
Sorry, ‘yoghurt’ is an uncountable noun, so, the only possibility is ‘some’. ‘a few’ and ‘many’ refer to countable nouns and ‘any is used in negative and question only.
4. Is there _____ milk?
a) many
b) any
c) a few
d) some
Very good! ‘milk’ is an uncountable and is used in a question, so, the only possibility is ‘any’.
Sorry, ‘milk’ is an uncountable and is used in a question, so, the only possibility is ‘any’. ‘some’ is not possible the question.
5. Bryan has ______ cookies.
a) much
b) any
c) a little
d) a lot of
Sorry, ‘cookies’ is a countable noun, so, the only possibility is ‘a lot of’. Options ‘a’ and ‘c’ are for uncountable, and ‘any’ only in questions and negative.
Very good! ‘cookies’ is a countable noun, so, the only possibility is ‘a lot of’.
6. There are _______ oranges in the kitchen.
a) any
b) much
c) a few
d) a little
Very good! ‘oranges’ is a countable noun, so, the only possibility is ‘a few’.
Sorry, ‘oranges’ is a countable noun, so, the only possibility is ‘a few’. Options ‘b’ and ‘d’ are for uncountable, and ‘any’ only in questions and negative.
7. ________ a few potatoes in the bag.
a) there is
b) there are
c) there much
d) how much
Right answer! ‘a few potatoes’’ is countable, so the only possibility is ‘there are’.
Sorry wrong answer! ‘a few potatoes’ is countable, so the only possibility is ‘there are’. ‘how many’ is not possible, because in the answer you have the quantifier ‘a few’.
8. How______ hamburgers do you want?
a) many
b) much
c) any
d) some
Very good! ‘many’ is used for countable nouns and ‘hamburgers’ is countable.
Sorry, remember ‘many’ is used for countable nouns and ‘hamburgers’ is countable. Option ‘b’ is for uncountable and options ‘c’ and ‘d’ are incomplete questions.
9. How ____ coffee would you like?
a) much
b) many
c) any
d) some
Very good! ‘much’ is used for uncountable nouns and ‘coffee’ is uncountable.
Sorry, remember ‘much’ is used for uncountable nouns and ‘coffee’ is uncountable. Option ‘b’ is for countable and option ‘c’ and ‘d’ are incomplete questions.
10. Sugar in your coffee? Yes, ______
a) a few
b) many
c) a little
d) any
Right answer! ‘sugar’’ is an uncountable noun, so the only possibility is ‘a little’.
Sorry this is not correct!‘sugar’’ is an uncountable noun, so the only possibility is ‘a little’. Option ‘a’ and ‘b’ are for countable and option ‘d’ is for negative.
11. We have _______ butter for the cake.
a) any
b) a few
c) many
d) a lot of
Great! ‘a lot of’ is the only possible answer because ‘butter’ is an uncountable noun.
Sorry this is not correct! ‘a lot of’ is the only possible answer because ‘butter’ is an uncountable noun. Options ‘b’ and ‘c’ are for countable and option ‘a’ is for negative and questions.
12. _______ any ice-cream for the party?
a) how much
b) how many
c) is there
d) are there
Very good! ‘is there’ is the only possible answer because ‘ice cream’ is an uncountable noun.
Sorry, ‘is there’ is the only possible answer because ‘ice cream’ is an uncountable noun. ‘how much’ is not possible because you have ‘any’ in the question.