Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option with the help of the hint in the brackets:

Did you approach _______ of your friends for help? (Unfortunately, your friends are not around and can't be of much help.)

• A. some
• B. any
• C. little
• D. much

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

any

'Any' is a quantifier which is used in negative sentences and interrogative sentences, where the answer is expected to be negative. As mentioned in the brackets, there aren't any friends around to help and the answer is expected to be negative, hence, option B is correct. When a question is asked for which the expected answer is yes, 'some' is used. Since the question here does not expect a positive reply, Option A is incorrect. The quantifiers 'little' and 'much' are used for nouns which are uncountable. Here, the noun (friends) is countable. This makes options C and D incorrect as well.