Complete the following sentences using an appropriate article or another determiner.

1. I have planted ……………….. roses in the garden.

a) some
b) any
c) No article is required

2. Do you like ……………………. roses?

a) some
b) any
c) No article is required

3. My next-door neighbors are …………………. Germans

a) some
b) any
c) No article is required

4. We met ………………… Germans on the train.

a) some
b) any
c) No article is required

5. ‘Please lend me your pen.’ ‘I haven’t got …………………’

a) pen
b) a pen
c) Either could be used here

6. This engine hardly uses ……………….

a) petrol
b) any petrol
c) a petrol

7. …………………. needs plenty of love.

a) A child
b) Child
c) Either could be used here

8. You have got …………………… lovely long fingers.

a) some
b) any
c) No article is required

9. ………………… birds can fly.

a) Most
b) The most
c) Either could be used here

10. ………………….. baby deer can stand as soon as it is born.

a) A
b) Some
c) No article is needed

Answers

1. I have planted some roses in the garden.

2. Do you like roses?

3. My next-door neighbors are Germans.

4. We met some Germans on the train.

5. ‘Please lend me your pen.’ ‘I haven’t got a pen.’

6. This engine hardly uses any petrol.

7. A child needs plenty of love.

8. You have got lovely long fingers. (We do not use some/any when it is clear exactly how much/many is meant. Everyone has got ten fingers.)

9. Most birds can fly.

10. A baby deer can stand as soon as it is born.