Question 1

What is a partitive?

Accepted Answer

Something that refers to part of a whole.

Answer

A word that talks about a nonspecific amount / number.

Answer

A noun that refers to a group of individuals.

Question 2

Which of the following partitives is correct in English?

Accepted Answer

a cup of coffee

Answer

a cups of coffee

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a coffee cups

Answer

a coffee cup

Question 3

Which partitive should be used in the sentence 'I need to buy ____ of milk'?

Accepted Answer

a bottle

Answer

a piece

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a wisp

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a cube

Question 4

Which partitive should be used in the sentence 'He had a _______ of bread for breakfast'?

Accepted Answer

slice

Answer

box

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loaf

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bar

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drop

Question 5

Which partitive should be used in the sentence 'She bought ____ of soap for the bathroom'?

Accepted Answer

a bar

Answer

a box

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a tube

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a bowl

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a jar

Question 6

Which partitive should be used in the sentence 'She wrote a note on a _______ of paper'?

Accepted Answer

sheet

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box

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bar

Answer

slice

Question 7

Which partitive should be used in the sentence 'He needs ____ of matches to start the fire'?

Accepted Answer

a box

Answer

a wisp

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a piece

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a drop

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a pack

Question 8

What is a quantifier?

Accepted Answer

A word that talks about a nonspecific amount / number.

Answer

Something that refers to part of a whole.

Answer

A noun that refers to a group of individuals.

Question 9

Which quantifier is used to express a statement involving the absence of any instances?

Accepted Answer

None

Answer

Few

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Hardly any

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Little

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All

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Some

Question 10

Which quantifier is used to express a statement involving a majority of instances?

Accepted Answer

Most

Answer

None

Answer

A few

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Some

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All

Question 11

These quantifiers (some, 
a lot of, plenty of, plethora of, hardly any) are used with ___________.

Accepted Answer

both countable and uncountable nouns

Answer

countable nouns

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uncountable nouns

Question 12

These quantifiers (little, a little, much, a great amount of) are used with ___________ .

Accepted Answer

uncountable nouns

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countable nouns

Question 13

Choose the correct quantifier: They didn't deliver the right __________ sand.

Accepted Answer

amount of

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plenty of

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a lot of

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number of

Question 14

Choose the correct quantifier: A small __________ children are educated at home.

Accepted Answer

number of

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amount of

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plenty of

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none of

Question 15

In which sentence a quantifier stands for "some, a small amount"?

Accepted Answer

She saves a little money every month.

Answer

They had little money to spend.

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