Question

Fill in the blank with the correct option.
No, I haven’t got ______ cheese.
a) many
b) few
c) any
d) some

Answer 1

Hint: An adjective is a word that expresses an attribute of something. The adjective is the word class that qualifies nouns.

Complete answer:
In the given question, we have to find out which of the words given to us in the options correctly indicate that the speaker did not have cheese (uncountable noun).
Let us thus analyze the options given to us in this question-
Option (a.), 'many', is defined as ‘a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number.’
Therefore, option (a.) is incorrect as ‘many’ is used with count nouns whereas ‘cheese’ is an uncountable noun.
Option (b.), ‘few', is defined as ‘a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `a'; a small but indefinite number.’ Therefore, option (b.) is incorrect as ‘few’ is used with count nouns whereas ‘cheese’ is an uncountable noun.
Option (c.), ‘any', is defined as ‘one or some or every or all without specification.’ Therefore, option (c.) is correct as ‘any cheese’ is grammatically correct.
Option (d.), ‘some', is defined as ‘(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity.’ Therefore, option (d.) is incorrect as ‘some’ is used with count nouns whereas ‘cheese’ is an uncountable noun.

Note:
 In this question, it will be helpful for the student to recall the concept of quantifiers and count nouns. A quantifier is (grammar) a word that expresses a quantity (as `fifteen' or `many'). A count noun is a noun that forms plurals.