Answer:
1. a galaxy of stars.
2. a grain of sand.
3. a ream of paper.
4. a pinch of salt.
5. a bushel of potatoes.
6. a pair of bookends.
7. a scoop of ice cream.
8. a drop of rain.
. In this exercise, you are asked to complete sentences with quantifiers or nouns that indicate how much of something is there. They are usually placed before the noun you are talking about and tell us about the number of them.
. The best way to tackle this exercise especially since you are given options is to first answer the ones that you may know so that your choices get narrower and you can place the other options better without any confusion.
• Another way of answering this exercise is to look at the nature of the objects and they will give you clues as to how to answer them. For example, rain is liquid so we pair it with 'drop', potatoes are sold in kilograms and bushels are a British measuring system so we pair it with 'bushel', sand is grainy so we pair it with 'grain', and there are two bookends when we place books on a showcase so we pair it with 'pair'.