Apedia

Lot Questions I Noun Negatives Plural Test Choose

Question I don't read _______ newspapers at all.
A any
B a lot of
C many
D some
Answer a
Remark We use the quantifiers ‘any’, ‘a lot of’, ‘many’ and ‘some’ to talk about quantities, amounts and degree. We can use them with a noun (as a determiner) or without a noun (as a pronoun). We use the quantifier ‘any’ in questions and negatives to mean ‘some’ with countable and uncountable nouns: Did you buy any butter?; We haven’t got any eggs. We use ‘a lot of’ to talk about a large amount in informal styles with plural countable nouns and with singular uncountable nouns for all types of sentences (affirmatives, negatives, and questions): I’ve got a lot of work to do.; I haven’t seen a lot of films this year.; Have you seen a lot of attractions in London today?But usually we use ‘many’ that means ‘a large number of’ with plural nouns in negatives (I don’t have many dresses.) and questions (Do you get many visitors?).We use ‘some’ to refer to indefinite quantities: some snow, some people. ‘Some’ is used in positive sentences (I drink some coffee every morning.) and in questions when we are offering something (Would you like some mango ice-cream?) or when we are making a request (Can I buy some ice-cream?).In the test sentence ‘I don’t read _______ newspapers at all.’ we need to choose a quantifier for the plural noun ‘newspapers’. As the test sentence is negative (don’t read…), we could choose ‘many’ and ‘any’ from the test variants. But the phrase ‘at all’ is used to make negatives and questions stronger meaning ‘in any way or of any type’, especially after words such as ‘any’, ‘anything’, ‘anyone’, or ‘nothing’. Therefore, we are to choose only ANSWER 1 (any).

Tags: some_any_alotof_many_much_etc

Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.

Next card: I johnny depp conditional imaginary test meet meet/would

Previous card: Buy form john sandwich sandwichies c test sentence

Up to card list: English Grammar Intermediate by sevenlynx.com