Complete the following sentence using the correct determiner:
Our school lab received ______ new equipment from a science trust this year, so every group now has its own set-up.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → a large amount of
Complete sentence: Our school lab received a large amount of new equipment from a science trust this year, so every group now has its own set-up. “Equipment” is uncountable: we do not say “two equipments”.
| Option | Meaning and use | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) a good many | quite a large number, with countable plural nouns | A good many parents came to the annual day. |
| (2) a large number of | with countable plural nouns (things we can count) | A large number of test tubes broke during the shifting. |
| (3) a large amount of (answer) | a lot of, with uncountable nouns (things we cannot count) | The flood left a large amount of mud in the fields. |
| (4) several | more than two but not many, also with countable plural nouns | Several students stayed back to finish their models. |