Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
There wasn’t _____ traffic on that street last night.
a) many
b) a lot of
c) a little
d) much

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 given options contains the correct quantitative adjective to modify the noun ‘traffic’, which means ‘the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time’.
Let us thus analyze the options given to us in this question-
Option (a.), 'many', refers to 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 ‘traffic’ is not a count noun.
Option (b.), ‘a lot of', refers to the adverb ‘a lot’ which means ‘to a very great degree or extent’.
Therefore, option (b.) is incorrect as a quantitative noun would be more appropriate for this sentence.
Option (c.), ‘a little', refers to ‘to a small degree; somewhat’.
Therefore, option (c.) is incorrect as a quantitative noun would be more appropriate for this sentence.
Option (d.), ‘much', refers to ‘(quantifier used with mass nouns) great in quantity or degree or extent’.
Therefore, option (d.) is correct as it correctly describes that the traffic wasn’t great in degree.

Note:
 In this question, it will be helpful for the student to recall the concept of quantitative adjectives. Quantitative adjectives describe the exact or approximate amount of a noun. Some examples include all, no, few, many, and little.