Complete the following sentence using the correct determiner:
Twelve girls joined the new chess club this term, and ______ them had never played a real match before.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → most of
Complete sentence: Twelve girls joined the new chess club this term, and most of them had never played a real match before. Here the blank comes before “them”, and “them” means the twelve girls.
| Option | Meaning and use | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) most | alone, straight before a noun when we speak in general; it cannot come before a pronoun like “them” | Most children like ice cream. |
| (2) much of | with an uncountable or singular noun (much of the day) | We spent much of the morning in the ration queue. |
| (3) the most | the largest number or amount when we compare three or more | Priya scored the most goals in the tournament. |
| (4) most of (answer) | nearly all of a group we already know; used before a pronoun like “them” | I invited ten friends, and most of them came. |