QUANTIFIERS, NOUNS, PRONOUNS & ARTICLES TEST 2 (25 QUESTIONS)  

1.Men, women and children in ---- part of the world wear some sort of jewellery, either as ornament or because of superstition.

A)   all
B)   every
C)   whole
D)   some
E)   neither

2.There are ---- ways to get from my house to work, but ---- of them is very comfortable.

A)   plenty/one
B)   more/several
C)   several/none
D)   a few/neither
E)   much/all

3.There are ---- Indian restaurants available in England, whereas in Istanbul, your options are ----.

A)   some/several
B)   so much/only one
C)   the other/little
D)   many/another
E)   a lot of/few

4.Normally, airlines serve their passengers ---- cooked dinner during ---- flight.

A)   the/a
B)   ----/a
C)   a/the
D)   a/some
E)   another/ ----

5.The lawyer for the people who ---- in the fire at the shopping centre ---- the judge for compensation.

A)   were injured/is going to ask
B)   is injured/has been asking
C)   are injured/would ask
D)   was injured/are going to ask
E)   have been injured/have asked

6.We have 120 post----graduate students at our university, and almost two thirds of----from abroad.

A)   themselves/comes
B)   their/are coming
C)   theirs/were coming
D)   them/come
E)   they/has come

7.A good percentage of our time ---- at work, so we should choose an occupation that we enjoy.

A)   is spending
B)   are spent
C)   is spent
D)   are spending
E)   would spend

8.I love the company of ---- friends, but sometimes I just want to be by ----.

A)   my/me
B)   mine/me
C)   me/mine
D)   my/myself
E)   mine/my own

9.There have been ---- isolated incidents of violence, but ---- of World Cup supporters have been well-behaved.

A)   a few/the majority
B)   any/a good deal
C)   some/several
D)   each/a great deal
E)   every/a large number

10.American plays produced during the 19th century were mostly sensational melodrama and therefore of ---- literary importance.

A)   many
B)   little
C)   none
D)   every
E)   a few

11.The different peoples in Africa ---- have ---- own myths about the creation of the world.

A)   all/its
B)   most/themselves
C)   every/itself
D)   some/theirs
E)   each/their

12.The doctor gave him ---- tablets and told him to drink----water.

A)   each/a little
B)   a few/many
C)   several of/little
D)   any/much
E)    some/plenty of

13.Pasta, which literally means dough in ---- Italian, is ---- Italian food now popular, in such forms as spaghetti, macaroni and ravioli, ail over the world.

A)  the/the
B)  an/some
C)  ---- /an
D)  ---- /any
E)  some/ ----

14.I knew that his wife was not a good cook, so I doubted that she had cooked all the dishes she served----on ---- .

A)   us/her own
B)   mine/hers
C)   theirs/himself
D)   you/his own
E)   him/herself

15.Do you know that everything they ---- guaranteed for two years?

A)   are selling/are
B)   sell/is
C)   sold/have been
D)   had sold/were
E)   are sold/has been

16.Despite the material donations from the local shops, the school still needs ---- more equipment such as video players, cassette players and computers.

A)   a few
B)   many
C)   some
D)   no
E)   plenty

17.The police found ---- counterfeit money as well as guns at the gang's headquarters.

A)   several more
B)   a large amount of
C)   only a few
D)   a number of
E)   large numbers of

18.A colleague of ---- has lent us ---- holiday cottage for a week.

A)   him/her
B)   mine/his
C)   theirs/its
D)   your/them
E)   our/their

19.There is ---- information available on recycling, but unfortunately, little of---- is known by ordinary people.

A)   a lot of/it
B)   plenty of/them
C)   several/its
D)   much/theirs
E)   too many/itself

20.I've seen----of his work to know that he's ready for a promotion.

A)   a number
B)   both
C)   a few
D)   several
E)   enough

21.Personally, of the two halls, I prefer the one closer to the airport, but----seems suitable to hold our conference in.

A)   both
B)   all
C)   either
D)   none
E)   every

22.---- blood flows to all parts of ---- body through ---- circulatory system, which is composed of arteries, veins and capillaries.

A)  A/a/the
B)  Some/a/ ----
C)  Most/the/a
D)  ---- /the/the
E)  The/some/a

23.They had ---- money to spend on their house, but even with that limited amount, they managed to create a warm and friendly atmosphere.

A)   a few
B)   little
C)   the whole
D)   plenty of
E)   small number of

24.---- of the area managers is going to report his total sales to head office ---- two weeks.

A)   All/each
B)   Both/another
C)   Any/all
D)   Every/several
E)   Each/every

25.We had had so much rain that the fields on ---- sides of the river were ---- flooded.

A)   every/both
B)   neither/each
C)   each/most
D)   all/much
E)   both/all