Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate determiner – 

You must learn _ _ _ _ _ English every day to improve it. 

A) A few 

B) A little 

C) A lot of 

D) None of these 

Answer 1

Hint : A determiner is a modifying word that determines the kind of reference a noun or group of nouns has, for example : a, the, every. 

Complete answer:

In English language, a determiner is a word that introduces a noun. It always comes before a noun, not after, and it also comes before any other adjectives used to describe the noun. For example : The bunny went home. 

Now, let us examine all the given options so that we can find out the correct answer : 

Option ‘a’ is A few. You use a few to indicate that you think you are talking about a small number of people or things. It is generally used for plural countable nouns. For example : The doctor will be in to talk to you in a few minutes. 

Option ‘b’ is A little. You use a little to determine something which is very less in quantity. We use little or a little with singular uncountable nouns. For example : We had a little time to prepare for the food. 

Option ‘c’ is A lot of. You use this quantifier to talk about quantities, degrees, and amounts. We can use them with(as determiner) or without(as pronoun) a noun. For example : There are a lot of flowers in my garden. 

Option ‘d’ is none of these, which cannot be the correct option as we have already found our answer in the above three options. 

As we know the meaning of all the options given, we can easily figure out the answer. The correct determiner is a little. The complete sentence would be, You must learn a little English to improve it. 

Hence, the correct answer is option ‘b', a little.

Note : Many determiners can also be used as pronouns.