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.
a. Article: a, an, the.
b. Demonstratives: this, that, these, those. (Which one?)
c. Possessive: my, your, his, her, its, our, their. (Whose?)
d. Quantifiers: a few, a little, much, many, a lot of,
most, some, any, enough. (How many?)
e. Numbers: one, ten, thirty and so on.
f. 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 ____________ man he is?
2. The
train left half ____________ hour ago.
3. ____________
Nile flows into ____________ Mediterranean.
4. Sunshine
is necessary for ______(x)______ good health.
5. God
made ____________ country and man made ____________ town.
6. Life
is not always ____________ bed of roses.
7. He is
____________ only child of his parents.
8. ____________
most difficult question is how to control population.
9. ____________
honesty is ____________ best policy.
10. Only
____________ sky is ____________ limit.
B. Fill in the blanks with some, any, each, every, either,
neither
1. I saw ____________
students in the class.
2. ____________
side has won the match, so the match ended in a draw.
3. ____________
girl was given two pens.
4. ____________
of the projects was selected.
5. Five
people in ____________ row.
6. He
will pay ____________ price for achieving success.
7. The
doctor visited the patient ____________ third day.
8. the
interview was postponed because ____________ of the two interviewers could come.
9. Are
there ____________ books on the shelf?
10. You
may take ____________ side and win the case.
C. Fill in the blanks with a few, some, much, many, any, both,
all.
1. In
____________ words he expressed the full story.
2. How
____________ do you need?
3. ____________
my money was lost.
4. ____________
the Principal and the Vice-Principal are busy in the meeting.
5. She
ate ____________ mangoes.
6. Only
____________ people think about others.
7. We
shall complete out syllabus in ____________ days.
8. How
____________ chapters have you prepared?
9. Please
get ready, the train may arrive ____________ time.
10. My
father gives me ____________ advice.
D. Insert in the blanks the correct determiners from those given
in brackets:
1. Have
you ____________ spare notebook? (some, any)
2. You
may do this work on ____________ day. (some, any)
3. I
shall be the ____________ person to do it. (latest. Last)
4. There
were not ____________ than eighty persons who died in the train accident.
(less, fewer)
5. ____________
students attended the seminar. (all, each)
6. We
received ____________ help from our neighbours. (much, many)
7. It
rained ____________ day during the holiday. (each, every)
8. What
is the ___________ news of today? (latest, last)
9. ____________
knowledge is a dangerous thing. (a little, little)
10. ____________
of the students could solve the sum. (none, neither)
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