Wednesday, November 11, 2020

DETERMINERS (EXERCISE)

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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