Determiners Usage Mistakes Quiz: Fix Common Errors

1. Which word is a determiner?

Quickly

Some

Run

Bright

Determiners limit or clarify nouns.

Explanation

Determiners limit or clarify nouns.

2. Which sentence correctly uses this?

This books are new.

This book is new.

These book is new.

That books are new.

This is singular.

Explanation

This is singular.

3. Which determiner best completes the sentence? ___ students finished early.

This

That

Many

Much

Many is used with countable nouns.

Explanation

Many is used with countable nouns.

4. Which sentence contains an error?

She has much patience.

She has many patience.

She has little patience.

She has some patience.

Patience is uncountable.

Explanation

Patience is uncountable.

5. Which determiner is used with uncountable nouns?

Many

Few

Much

Several

Much is used with uncountable nouns.

Explanation

Much is used with uncountable nouns.

6. Which sentence is correct?

There are little apples left.

There are few apples left.

There is few apples left.

There is many apples left.

Few is used with countable nouns.

Explanation

Few is used with countable nouns.

7. Which determiner best fits the sentence? I don’t have ___ time to finish.

Many

Few

Much

Several

Time is uncountable.

Explanation

Time is uncountable.

8. Which sentence uses those correctly?

Those pencil is broken.

That pencils are broken.

Those pencils are broken.

These pencil are broken.

Those is plural and distant.

Explanation

Those is plural and distant.

9. Which sentence correctly uses some?

She doesn’t have some friends.

She has some friends.

She has a some friends.

She has some friend.

Some works with plural nouns.

Explanation

Some works with plural nouns.

10. Which determiner shows a small amount?

Many

Several

Few

All

Few indicates a small number.

Explanation

Few indicates a small number.

11. Which sentence is incorrect?

He has a few ideas.

He has few ideas.

He has little ideas.

He has some ideas.

Ideas is countable and should use few.

Explanation

Ideas is countable and should use few.

12. Which determiner best replaces a small number of?

Few

Much

Each

This

Few means a small number.

Explanation

Few means a small number.

13. Which sentence correctly uses each?

Each students has a locker.

Each student has a locker.

Each students have a locker.

Each of students has locker.

Each is singular.

Explanation

Each is singular.

14. Which sentence correctly uses that?

That apples are sweet.

That apple is sweet.

Those apple is sweet.

This apples are sweet.

That is singular and distant.

Explanation

That is singular and distant.

15. Determiners help readers by

Changing sentence tone

Clarifying quantity and reference

Replacing nouns

Adding verbs

Determiners clarify meaning.

Explanation

Determiners clarify meaning.

Grammar Check: Determiner Usage Mistakes Quiz