Monday, November 16, 2020

DETERMINERS (ANSWERKEY)

 

DETERMINER

Determiners are the words which determined meaning of the Noun. Determiners make it clear which particular thing or tings are referring to.

Types of Determiners.

Article: a, an, the.

Demonstratives: this, that, these, those. (Which one?)

Possessive: my, your, his, her, its, our, their. (Whose?)

Quantifiers: a few, a little, much, many, a lot of, most, some, any, enough. (How many?)

Numbers: one, ten, thirty and so on.

Ordinals: first, second, last, next etc.


EXERCISE


A. Fill in the blanks with Articles where necessary. Put (x) where no article is needed.

1. What sort of ____a____ man he is?

2. The train left half ____an____ hour ago.

3. ____The____ Nile flows into ____a____ Mediterranean.

4. Sunshine is necessary for ______(x)______ good health.

5. God made ____the____ country and mad made ____the____ town.

6. Life is not always ____a____ bed of roses.

7. He is ____the____ only child of his parents.

8. ____The____ most difficult question is how to control population.

9. ____(X)____ honesty is ____the____ best policy.

10. Only ____the____ sky is ____the____ limit.


B. Fill in the blanks with some, any, each, every, either, neither

1. I saw ____some____ students in the class.

2. ____Neither____ side has won the match, so the match ended in a draw.

3. ____Each/Every____ girl was given two pens.

4. ____Neither____ of the projects was selected.

5. Five people in ____each____ row.

6. He will pay ____any____ price for achieving success.

7. The doctor visited the patient ____every____ third day.

8. the interview was postponed because ____neither____ of the two interviewers could come.

9. Are there ____any____ books on the shelf?

10. You may take ____any____ side and win the case.


C. Fill in the blanks with a few, some, much, many, any, both, all.

1. In ____a few____ words he expressed the full story.

2. How ____much____ do you need?

3. ____All____ my money was lost.

4. ____Both____ the Principal and the Vice-Principal are busy in the meeting.

5. She ate ____a few____ mangoes.

6. Only ____some____ people think about others.

7. We shall complete out syllabus in ____a few____ days.

8. How ____many____ chapters have you prepared?

9. Please get ready, the train may arrive ____any____ time.

10. My father gives me ____some____ advice.


D. Insert in the blanks the correct determiners from those given in brackets:

1. Have you ____any____ spare notebook? (some, any)

2. You may do this work on ____any____ day. (some, any)

3. I shall be the ____last____ person to do it. (latest. Last)

4. There were not ____less____ than eighty persons who died in the train accident. (less, fewer)

5. ____All____ students attended the seminar. (all, each)

6. We received ____much____ help from our neighbours. (much, many)

7. It rained ____each____ day during the holiday. (each, every)

8. What is the ____latest____ news of today? (latest, last)

9. ____Little____ knowledge is a dangerous thing. (a little, little)

10. ____None____ of the students could solve the sum. (none, neither)

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