Choose the best option to complete each sentence, then check your answers.
Despite the extensive field studies conducted over the past decade, remarkably ___ empirical evidence has been gathered to support the claim that microplastics disrupt local food webs.
'Evidence' is an uncountable noun and requires 'little' to express a small or insufficient quantity. The distractors 'few', 'small number of', and 'a few' can only be used with plural countable nouns.
The survey indicated that a staggering ___ of households in the region now rely on solar energy to generate electricity.
'Households' is a plural countable noun, requiring the quantifier head 'number'. 'Amount' and 'much' modify uncountable nouns, whereas 'deal' requires the fixed phrase 'a great deal of' before an uncountable noun.
The government's new workforce automation initiative has resulted in substantially ___ job opportunities for unskilled labourers than previously projected.
'Job opportunities' is a plural countable noun in a comparative context with 'than', which requires 'fewer'. 'Less', 'little', and 'a little' are strictly reserved for uncountable nouns.
___ prospective student has abandoned their application due to the exorbitant tuition fees charged by international universities.
The formal academic construction 'many a' is followed by a singular countable noun ('student') and a singular verb ('has'). 'Many' and 'A large number of' require plural nouns and verbs, while 'A great deal of' modifies uncountable nouns.
Despite years of documentation, the research team discovered that very ___ information regarding the ancient dialect's syntax had survived in written records.
'Information' is an uncountable noun modified by the intensifying adverb 'very', requiring 'little'. 'Few' and 'a few' only modify countable plural nouns, and 'very a little' is syntactically invalid.
The editorial board announced that ___ paper submitted to the journal must undergo a rigorous peer-review process before acceptance.
In this context, 'paper' refers to an individual manuscript (a singular countable noun) paired with a singular verb, requiring 'every'. 'All' and 'both' require plural nouns ('papers'), while 'whole' requires a determiner such as 'the whole paper'.
The defence attorney argued that the prosecution had presented too ___ evidence to prove the defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
'Evidence' is an uncountable noun, so 'too little' is required to signify an inadequate quantity. 'Few' modifies plural countable nouns, 'small' describes physical size or magnitude rather than quantity, and 'too bit of' is syntactically incorrect.
___ data was lost during the server crash because the automated backup system had executed just minutes before the power outage.
'Data' here functions as an uncountable mass noun agreeing with the singular verb 'was lost', requiring 'Very little'. 'Very few', 'Not many', and 'A few' require plural countable nouns and plural verbs.
Due to the prolonged drought, farmers in the southern province have harvested significantly ___ wheat this season than in previous years.
'Wheat' is an uncountable noun, making 'less' the correct comparative quantifier before 'than'. 'Fewer' modifies plural countable nouns, 'small' cannot function as a comparative quantifier of mass, and 'little of' is grammatically incorrect here.
While early humans left behind stone tools, ___ artifact made of organic material has survived the millennia intact.
'Scarcely any' correctly modifies the singular countable noun 'artifact'. 'Scarcely no' and 'scarcely none' form double negatives in standard English, while 'few' requires a plural noun ('artifacts').
Although the country possesses vast reserves of natural gas, it has ___ renewable energy infrastructure capable of meeting peak demand.
'Infrastructure' is an uncountable noun, making the idiomatic phrase 'precious little' correct. 'Precious few' and 'many' modify plural countable nouns, whereas 'a great deal' requires 'of' before a noun.
The report highlights that a great deal of ___ was allocated to modernising the port facilities to accommodate larger cargo vessels.
The quantifier phrase 'a great deal of' can only modify uncountable nouns like 'capital'. 'Funds', 'resources', and 'grants' are plural countable nouns and cannot follow 'a great deal of'.
The clinical trial was suspended after ___ patients experienced severe side effects during the first phase of treatment.
'Patients' is a plural countable noun, making 'several' correct. 'Much' and 'a great deal of' modify uncountable nouns, and 'each of' requires a determiner before the noun (e.g., 'each of the patients').
The demographer noted that ___ elderly person living in the rural district had access to daily healthcare visits.
'Elderly person' is a singular countable noun, which correctly pairs with 'not every'. 'Not all' and 'not many' require a plural noun ('people'), while 'not much' modifies uncountable nouns.
The environmental agency reported that ___ amount of chemical runoff from the factory could devastate the delicate river ecosystem.
'Amount' is a singular countable noun representing a quantity, requiring the indefinite article in 'even a small amount'. 'Even small' lacks the required article 'a', while 'a few' and 'a number of' modify plural countable nouns.
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Mastering countable and uncountable nouns along with their corresponding quantifiers is essential for achieving a Band 7.0 or higher in IELTS. Advanced academic writing and formal speaking require precise lexical and grammatical control. Misusing quantifiers—such as pairing uncountable nouns with countable modifiers or confusing expressions like ‘fewer’ and ‘less’—instantly signals to examiners a lack of grammatical accuracy, capping your Grammatical Range and Accuracy score.
This practice test targets sophisticated quantifier constructions commonly encountered in academic texts and required in formal writing tasks. You will encounter nuanced structures such as ‘many a’, ‘precious little’, ‘scarcely any’, and context-dependent noun modifiers. Developing intuition for these structures will improve your reading comprehension, listening accuracy, and stylistic precision in Task 2 essays and Speaking Part 3 answers.
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