WREN & MARTIN's English grammar-indefinite pronouns-practice

 

Indefinite Pronouns: 10 Practice MCQs

1. _______ should take care of one's health.

A. Someone

B. One

C. Anyone

D. No one

2. _______ of his poems are well known.

A. Much

B. Every

C. Some

D. Any

3. Did you ask _______ to come?

A. anybody

B. some

C. many

D. none

4. _______ was left alive on the battlefield.

A. No one

B. Some

C. Many

D. Few

5. _______ say that he is a millionaire.

A. One

B. Much

C. Many

D. Each

6. _______ of these apples are rotten.

A. Every

B. Any

C. None

D. Much

7. _______ of them were Indians.

A. Some

B. Much

C. Little

D. Anyone

8. Do good to _______ .

A. any

B. others

C. much

D. none

9. _______ of the boys has won a prize.

A. All

B. Many

C. None

D. Some

10. _______ was there to help me.

A. Nobody

B. Many

C. All

D. Some

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Answer Key

Question	Answer	Explanation
1	B	'One' must be followed by 'one’s' (not 'his').
2	C	'Some' is used for an indefinite number.
3	A	'Anybody' is typically used in questions and negatives.
4	A	'No one' (or 'None') indicates a total absence.
5	C	'Many' is used as a plural indefinite pronoun.
6	C	'None' can be used for 'not any' of a plural group.
7	A	'Some' refers to an indefinite part of a group.
8	B	'Others' refers to people in a general, indefinite sense.
9	C	'None' is followed by a singular verb 'has' in formal grammar.
10	A	'Nobody' indicates the absence of any person.