2025 · Q21
Directions: Each of the following sentences in this section has a blank space with four options. Select whichever preposition or determiner you consider the most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
Not __________ metal is necessarily solid in its natural state.
EnglishPrepositions and Determiners
- Aeach
- Bevery
- Call
- Dany
Explanation
The blank precedes the uncountable noun "metal", and the verb is singular ("is"). "Every" requires a singular countable noun, so "every metal" is ungrammatical. "All" combines freely with uncountable nouns — "not all metal is necessarily solid" — making (C) the only grammatical choice. "Each" fails the same countability test, and "any" does not yield the intended meaning.