Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
____ don't like red wine.

• A. Some people
• B. Somebody
• C. Any people
• D. Anybody

Answer 1

The correct option is A Some people

Let’s examine the sentence: “____ don't like red wine.” The sentence requires an adjective of quantity to indicate the quantity of people, who ‘don’t like red wine.’ We know that adjectives are used to describe nouns or pronouns. Words such as 'most, any, many' and 'few,' along with numbers, are adjectives of quantity. They tell us the amount, or the approximate amount, of the noun they describe. In the options, four adjectives of quantity are given: ‘a lot,’ ‘any,’ ‘much,’ and ‘some.’ The sentence uses the helping verb ‘don’t.’ In English, don't is used when speaking in the first and second person plural and singular and the third person plural. Third person plural is given in Option A. So Option A is the correct answer. Option B, ‘somebody,’ cannot be used as it is the third person singular. Options C and D will make the sentence meaningless.