Fill in the blanks in the given sentences in List-I with the appropriate adjectives given in List-II :-
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List-I (Sentences) |
List-II (Adjectives) |
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(A) He made use of ____ opportunities he had to prove his talent. |
(I) the few |
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(B) I have ____ friends who can help me with this task. |
(II) the little |
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(C) She drank ____ water to quench her thirst. |
(III) a few |
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(D) I will share _____ knowledge I have with you on this subject. |
(IV) a little |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:-
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A) - (I), (B) - (III), (C) - (IV), (D) - (II)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation |
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| (A) He made use of the few opportunities he had to prove his talent. | (I) the few | The few means all of a small number of countable things; "opportunities he had" points to the particular ones he had, so "the" is needed. |
| (B) I have a few friends who can help me with this task. | (III) a few | A few means some, a small number of countable things, in a positive sense: there are friends who can help. |
| (C) She drank a little water to quench her thirst. | (IV) a little | A little means some, a small amount of an uncountable thing such as water. |
| (D) I will share the little knowledge I have with you on this subject. | (II) the little | The little means all of a small amount; knowledge is uncountable, and "I have" points to the whole of what the speaker has. |
Contrast: few / a few go with countable nouns (opportunities, friends), little / a little with uncountable ones (water, knowledge); "a" gives the positive sense of some, while "the" means all of the small number or amount there is.