QUANTIFIERS, NOUNS, PRONOUNS & ARTICLES TEST 3 (25 QUESTIONS)  

1.When the river flooded, the farm----house was surrounded by water on ---- sides.

A)   every
B)   either
C)   each
D)   all
E)   neither

2.---- sheep escaped from Farmer Gile's field last week, and so far, only ---- of them has been found.

A)   Several/one
B)   Many/a few
C)   More/each
D)   Some/enough
E)   A few/some

3.Each of ---- has a blue dash of paint on ---- coat, so it will be easy to recognize Farmer Gile's sheep.

A)   it/their
B)   him/theirs
C)   them/its
D)   their/them
E)   his/it

4.We must admit that the fault was not entirely ----. Some of it must have been ----.

A)   hers/ours
B)   his/us
C)   their/my
D)   her/theirs
E)   mine/you

5.Thank you for letting me know about this birthday wish of ---- .

A)   him
B)   me
C)   your
D)   his
E)   us

6.I made a lot of friends in Mexico, but I have only kept in touch with ---- them.

A)   plenty of
B)   a few of
C)   little
D)   many
E)   several

7.If we've got ---- time, we'll try to do ---- shopping as well.

A)   much/a few
B)   several/lots of
C)   every/plenty
D)   plenty of/many
E)   enough/some

8.Blood plays a critical part in the fight against disease because blood contains ---- kinds of disease-combating agents.

A)   each
B)   neither
C)   several
D)   a lot
E)   much

9.If parts of the body do not get ---- blood, they will become infected and their tissues will die.

A)  enough
B)  many
C)  whole
D)  all
E)  plenty

10.Upon graduation, ---- student is sent an information pack giving useful tips and information about finding suitable employment

A)   all
B)   each
C)   none
D)   many
E)   a few

11.Although we've already had ---- volunteers, we are still looking for ---- to help out at the school fete.

A)   plenty of/much
B)   several/much more
C)   a number of/a few more
D)   a lot of/a little more
E)   almost no/quite a lot

12. ----of his poems, The Swans, ---- difficult to fully appreciate if you don't know about the poet's meeting Nelly Sachs.

A)   Much/have been
B)   Several/was
C)   A few/is going to be
D)   Some/has been
E)   One/is

13.---- secret meetings the board of directors has had lately have led to ---- speculation in the office.

A)   Every one of/lots of
B)   Too many/plenty
C)   A great deal of/many
D)   A few/some
E)   A good many/a few

14.If people showed ---- concern for the environment, there, wouldn't be ---- pollution in the world.

A)   much/too many
B)   enough/none
C)   less/several of
D)   more/so much
E)   a few more/too much

15.It takes ---- of concentration and patience to make intricate lace handicrafts.

A)   enough
B)   a good deal
C)   a little
D)   much more
E)   a great many

16.---- large number of bird watchers arrived at ---- place where the rare bird had been sighted.

A)   The/some
B)   So/a
C)   Such/ ----
D)   Too/ ----
E)   A/the

17.This footballer can kick the ball with ---- feet, but he is especially dangerous with his left

A)   all
B)   neither
C)   some
D)   both
E)   either

18.On international airlines, there are always ---- a pilot and a co-pilot and each knows the other's job, so, in the event that ---- falls ill during the flight, the other is qualified to land the plane safely.

A)   either/both
B)   neither/any
C)   both/either
D)   all/neither
E)   many/one

19.She hasn't accepted the job in Vienna for ---- reasons, the most important of which is that she hates cold weather.

A)   much
B)   each
C)   every
D)   a few
E)   plenty

20.----students actively participated in the discussion, which annoyed the teacher, because it showed that ---- of them hadn't prepared sufficiently.

A)   Few/most
B)   All/hardly any
C)   None of/almost no
D)   Too few/none
E)   Several/enough

21.The short life span of ---- animals as compared to humans is an advantage to experimenters since it allows them to observe ---- generations of the same species.

A)   much/the whole
B)   many/several
C)   a little/a few
D)   all/so few
E)   any/much more

22.I'm sorry there is ---- coffee left. Would you mind drinking tea instead?

A)   some
B)   much
C)   any
D)   no
E)   none

23.The coach was glad that they didn't have ---- major injuries during the school's sports week, and ---- team was ready for the next week's competition.

A)   a little/every
B)   any/the whole
C)   none/some of
D)   much/much of
E)   many/all

24.Public transport is getting more and more unbearable in this city because there are ---- people, but not ---- vehicles.

A)   many more/much
B)   so much/many
C)   several/a little
D)   plenty of/a few
E)   too many/enough

25.Marketing research is ---- expensive undertaking, and its costs are built into ---- prices of products.

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