Quantifiers

Respuesta correcta: A) some

• A) someCorrect. 'Some' is used in offers and requests, where the speaker does not know whether the listener wants any.
• B) fewWrong. 'Few' is used with countable plurals and would be nonsense with coffee.
• C) muchWrong. 'Much' is used mainly with uncountable nouns in negative and question contexts, not in offers.
• D) aWrong. 'A' is a countable singular article and cannot modify the uncountable noun 'coffee'.

Respuesta correcta: B) much

• A) manyWrong. 'How many' is used with countable plural nouns and would be wrong with an uncountable item.
• B) muchCorrect. 'How much' is the question form used with uncountable nouns such as sugar or money.
• C) fewWrong. 'How few' likewise asks about countable plurals and does not fit this noun.
• D) littleWrong. 'How little' asks about the degree of a quality rather than the amount of a substance.

Respuesta correcta: C) few

• A) muchWrong. 'Much' also takes uncountable nouns in negative and question contexts.
• B) littleWrong. 'Little' is used with uncountable nouns, and students are countable.
• C) fewCorrect. 'Few' is used with countable plural nouns and signals a small number.
• D) lessWrong. 'Less' is the comparative of little and requires a comparison with something else.

Respuesta correcta: D) This shop has more fruit than the other one.

• A) This shop has most fruit than the other one.Wrong. 'Most' is the superlative and cannot be followed by 'than'.
• B) This shop has many fruit than the other one.Wrong. 'Many' cannot be used with an uncountable noun, and it does not compare by itself.
• C) This shop has more fruits than the other one.Wrong. 'Fruits' is not standard English when referring to fruit in general, and countability rules out the plural here.
• D) This shop has more fruit than the other one.Correct. 'More' is the comparative form used with uncountable nouns, and fruit has no plural form.

Respuesta correcta: A) How many

• A) How manyCorrect. 'How many' is the question form used with countable plural nouns such as bags.
• B) How oftenWrong. 'How often' asks about frequency, not about a number of items.
• C) How longWrong. 'How long' asks about duration or length.
• D) How muchWrong. 'How much' is for uncountable nouns and would be wrong with the plural 'bags'.

Respuesta correcta: B) There isn't any bread left.

• A) There isn't a bread left.Wrong. 'A bread' treats an uncountable noun as countable, which is not possible.
• B) There isn't any bread left.Correct. 'Any' is the standard negative quantifier with an uncountable noun and a singular subject such as there.
• C) There aren't any bread left.Wrong. 'Aren't' does not agree with the singular existential subject 'there', and bread is uncountable.
• D) There isn't much bread left.Wrong. 'Much' in a negative sentence is possible, but 'any' is the general form and fits an indefinite reference better.

Respuesta correcta: C) 'Some' can appear in a question when the speaker expects the answer to be yes, or when offering something.

• A) 'Some' appears in questions whenever the noun is uncountable, regardless of the speaker's expectations.Wrong. Countability is not the trigger; expectation and the speech act are what decide between some and any.
• B) 'Some' can never appear in a question under any circumstances, because questions always take 'any'.Wrong. The claim is too absolute, because asking for some is perfectly normal when the answer is expected.
• C) 'Some' can appear in a question when the speaker expects the answer to be yes, or when offering something.Correct. This accounts for both the expectation and the offering reading, which are the two accepted exceptions.
• D) 'Some' in a question always indicates doubt about whether the listener can pay.Wrong. There is no fixed link between some and any question about payment.

Respuesta correcta: D) All of the students submitted the work.

• A) Each of the work submitted the students.Wrong. 'Each of' modifies a singular noun and cannot be inverted with the objects in this way.
• B) Every of the students submitted the work.Wrong. 'Every' is never followed by 'of' in this construction; it takes a singular noun directly.
• C) All of the student submitted the work.Wrong. 'The student' is singular and does not agree with 'all of', which requires a plural noun.
• D) All of the students submitted the work.Correct. 'All of the' is followed by a plural noun with the definite article, which matches the sentence structure.

Respuesta correcta: A) Only a few tickets are left.

• A) Only a few tickets are left.Correct. 'A few' is used with countable plural nouns and correctly agrees with the plural verb 'are'.
• B) Only a few ticket are left.Wrong. 'Ticket' is singular and does not agree with 'are' or with the determiner 'a few'.
• C) Only few tickets are left.Wrong. 'Only few' normally requires a determiner before 'few', and the article is needed here.
• D) Only a little tickets are left.Wrong. 'Little' is used with uncountable nouns and cannot modify the plural 'tickets'.

Respuesta correcta: B) There were a number of complaints about the noise.

• A) There were a number of complaint about the noise.Wrong. 'Complaint' is singular and does not agree with 'a number of', which requires a plural.
• B) There were a number of complaints about the noise.Correct. 'A number of' takes a plural noun, and this construction conveys an unspecified but definite total.
• C) There were number of complaints about the noise.Wrong. 'Number of' without a determiner is not acceptable; a number of needs the article.
• D) There were the number of complaints about the noise.Wrong. 'The number of' refers to a specific number already known, which changes the meaning entirely.

Respuesta correcta: C) There is little time and there are few alternatives.

• A) There is few time and there is little alternatives.Wrong. 'Few time' and 'little alternatives' invert the countability of both nouns.
• B) There is little times and there are few alternative.Wrong. 'Times' and 'alternative' wrongly pluralise nouns that belong to the opposite countability class.
• C) There is little time and there are few alternatives.Correct. Uncountable time takes 'little' with a singular verb and countable alternatives take 'few' with a plural verb.
• D) There are little time and there is few alternatives.Wrong. 'Are little time' breaks subject-verb agreement and mixes up both quantifiers.

Respuesta correcta: D) Almost all the students came to the seminar.

• A) Almost all of came to the seminar.Wrong. 'All of came' lacks the noun that 'all of' must refer to.
• B) Almost all student came to the seminar.Wrong. 'Almost all student' omits the article that the construction requires.
• C) Almost all the student came to the seminar.Wrong. 'All of the student' uses a singular noun, which does not agree with the quantifier.
• D) Almost all the students came to the seminar.Correct. 'All of' is followed by 'the students', giving the required plural noun with the definite article.

Respuesta correcta: A) I don't have many friends in this city.

• A) I don't have many friends in this city.Correct. 'Many' is the normal negative or question quantifier with countable plural nouns.
• B) I don't have few friends in this city.Wrong. 'Few' in a negative context would mean almost none, which is a stronger and different claim.
• C) I don't have a many friends in this city.Wrong. 'A many' places an article before a quantifier that does not take one.
• D) I don't have much friends in this city.Wrong. 'Much' is reserved for uncountable nouns and cannot modify the plural 'friends'.

Respuesta correcta: B) This group showed the least interest of the three.

• A) This group showed the less interest of the three.Wrong. 'The less' is a comparative form and cannot compare three items at once.
• B) This group showed the least interest of the three.Correct. 'The least' is the superlative of little and correctly compares three groups using of rather than than.
• C) This group showed the least interest than the three.Wrong. A superlative takes of or in, not than, so 'than the three' is incorrect here.
• D) This group showed little interest of the three.Wrong. 'Little' in its base form cannot carry the superlative sense on its own.

Respuesta correcta: C) There are fewer students this year than last year.

• A) There are fewer student this year than last year.Wrong. 'Fewer student' is singular and fails to agree with 'there are'.
• B) There are less students this year than last year.Wrong. 'Less' compares uncountable quantities and cannot modify the plural 'students'.
• C) There are fewer students this year than last year.Correct. 'Fewer' compares countable nouns, and students is a countable plural, so this is the correct choice.
• D) There are the fewer students this year than last year.Wrong. 'The fewer' places an article before a comparative, which is not the standard form here.

Respuesta correcta: D) He spoke with a little hesitation in his voice.

• A) He spoke with a little of hesitation in his voice.Wrong. 'Of' cannot be inserted between 'a little' and the noun it quantifies.
• B) He spoke with a few hesitation in his voice.Wrong. 'A few' takes countable plural nouns and does not fit hesitation.
• C) He spoke with a little hesitations in his voice.Wrong. 'Hesitations' pluralises an uncountable noun, which is not permitted here.
• D) He spoke with a little hesitation in his voice.Correct. 'A little' takes an uncountable noun, and hesitation is uncountable in this meaning.

Respuesta correcta: A) Hardly any participants disagreed with the proposal.

• A) Hardly any participants disagreed with the proposal.Correct. 'Hardly any' combines the negative adverb with any to state that virtually nobody disagreed.
• B) Hardly the participants disagreed with the proposal.Wrong. 'Hardly the participants' has no quantifier and does not express a quantity at all.
• C) Hardly many participants disagreed with the proposal.Wrong. 'Hardly many' would be understood but 'hardly' plus many is not the idiomatic form for this claim.
• D) Hardly a participant disagreed with the proposal.Wrong. 'Hardly a participant' is awkward and does not use a quantifier that suits a plural subject.

Respuesta correcta: B) It means a small number and implies that the number is positive, whereas 'few' implies that it is close to zero.

• A) It means a large number and is used mainly in formal writing.Wrong. 'A few' indicates a small number, not a large one, and it is common in everyday speech.
• B) It means a small number and implies that the number is positive, whereas 'few' implies that it is close to zero.Correct. This captures the positive versus negative nuance that distinguishes a few from few.
• C) It is interchangeable with 'few' in every context.Wrong. The two forms differ in meaning and are not interchangeable, which is precisely why both exist.
• D) It is a determiner that can modify both countable and uncountable nouns.Wrong. 'A few' takes countable plural nouns only.

Respuesta correcta: C) The machine works every day without stopping.

• A) The machine works everyday without stopping.Wrong. 'Everyday' written as one word is an adjective meaning daily, not the determiner every plus day.
• B) The machine works every days without stopping.Wrong. 'Every days' pluralises the noun, but every must be followed by a singular one.
• C) The machine works every day without stopping.Correct. 'Every day' takes a singular noun, so 'every day' is the correct pattern here.
• D) The machine works all day without stopping.Wrong. 'All day' means the entire duration and expresses duration rather than repeated frequency.

Respuesta correcta: D) All of the students passed the test.

• A) All of passed the students.Wrong. 'All of passed' separates the quantifier from the noun it quantifies, which is not permitted.
• B) All the students all passed the test.Wrong. Repeating 'all' across the verb and the noun is redundant and stylistically poor.
• C) All students passed the test.Wrong. 'All students' is acceptable and often preferred, but it leaves the determiner structure implicit rather than marked.
• D) All of the students passed the test.Correct. 'All of the students' marks the plural noun explicitly with the article and gives the intended scope.