DETERMINERS

EXERCISE 1

Fill in the blanks with ‘a’ ‘an’ or ‘the’:

1. .... …..auditorium has been built in our school.
2. ................................ Honesty is best policy.
3. ...................................... The Ganges is holy river.
4. ............................ Hari is honourable man.
5. ............ I saw one-eyed sailor.
6. ...............................................................…………. sun is bigger than earth.
7. .............................................. ………..umbrella is useful thing.
8. ........................................................................................... This is
……………….. first time I have visited ............................................ big city.
9. This car can be driven at ……………….. speed of 180 kilometres ………………..
hour.
10. ............................................................................................. Mount Everest is
……………….. highest peak in .............................................................. Himalayas.

EXERCISE 2
Fill in the blanks with suitable Demonstrative/Possessive Determiners

—this, that, these, those, my, our, your, his, her, their, one’s:
1. .............................. He is a good boy father is a doctor.
2. ............................................... Aditi wants me to lend her car.
3. ........... All mangoes are rotten.
4. ....................................... The child has broken toy.
5. Would you like to have ....... this book or one?
6. ....................................... Are there any girls in class?
7. ..................... What was noise?
8. ...................................... The gardener waters plants every day.
9. ....... boys will soon join us.
10. ............... Who is fellow?

EXERCISE 3

Fill in the blanks with Numeral Determiners—one, two, some,any, little, few, all, both,

much, many, several

1. ............. How money do you want?

2. ............................. Have you read stories?
3. ......................................................................................... I have
read………….. short stories in Hindi but only ....................................... in English.
4. ...................................................................................I read the letter again
and noticed that there were… .........................................................mistakes in it.
5. ............. How milk do you take every day?
6. .................... There are… countries in the world where population is not growing
fast.
7. ............................................................ Would you lend me your watch for
.............................................................................. days?
8. ........................ Do you have complaint against the clerk?
9. ........................................................................................... There are
………….. eggs in the basket, but there isn’t ........................................... butter.
10. .... care could have prevented the accident.
11. ... of the boys has broken this window pane.
12. ......................................... I have already spent the rupees you gave me.
13. ... the husband and wife are members of this club.
14. ... the customers insisted that the shopkeeper must provide them full
measure.
15. ...............................................The story was published in local newspapers.

EXERCISE 4

Fill in the blanks with suitable determiners:

1. ............................................................. There was ………….. accident near
............................................................................... central market this
morning. ………….. car hit ………….. scooter and ......................... man
on ............. scooter was killed.
2. .................................................................................. …………..postman put
………….. letter under ................................................................... front door
just ............. hour after you had left.
3. ........................................................................................ A cup of tea may
seem ………….. ordinary thing to ....................................................... of us in India.
But drinking tea is ………….. ritual which is taken very seriously in …………..
Japanese homes.
4. ………….. king fought bravely but he was defeated by …………..
enemies. ………….. defeated warrior left ....................... battlefield and hid himself
in ............ is cave.
5. ................................................ ………….. people came to site where the
revolutionary general was
to be hanged. When asked if he had ………….. desire, ........................... smile ran
on ............ dry Ups and he nodded his head.
6. .................................................................................................. It was
………….. grand occasion for ………….. children ......................................... of them
had won prizes and ………….. parents felt proud.......................... of them
introduced their parents to their teachers.
7. ..................................................................................... Game hunting was
………….. favourite pastime of ......................................................... officers
of ………….. British Raj. This resulted in decrease in ........................... number of
animals in............... wild. Recent environmental degradation and destruction
of natural habitats of wild animals have pushed them to............................ brink of
extinction.

EXERCISE 5

Complete the following dialogues using suitable determiners:

1. Ruchika : want some sugar
Shopkeeper ................................................................................................. ?
2. Ruchika : I require 10 kg.
Shopkeeper : Sorry, I don’t have ………………………………. .
3. Ruchika : Then, you may give a little less.
Shopkeeper : There …………………………………………………………..
4. Ruchika : OK, then give me . ……………………………. .
Shopkeeper : I’ll give you the little quantity I’ve got.
5. Ruchika : Please give me some vegetable oil.
Shopkeeper ................................................................................................. ?
6. Ruchika : I need only 5 kg.
Shopkeeper : You may have ………………………………..
7. Ruchika : I think 5 kg will be enough for ………………………………..
Shopkeeper : By the way, ....................................................... are there in your family?
8. ................................................... Ruchika : Only I and my mom.
Shopkeeper : .................................................... , madam?
9. Ruchika : I think, I will have potato chips/wafers
Shopkeeper : ............................................... fresh arrivals over there.
10. Ruchika .......................................... : money should I pay?
Shopkeeper : Two hundred rupees only.

ERROR CORRECTIONEXERCISE 6

Detect the error or determiners in the sentences given below and correct them:

1. I am going to post office. It is near the central park.

2. She lives near temple on Civil Road.
3. He is a boy who helps me in need.
4. There is little milk in the jug. You may use it.
5. Much of the people who went there lost their belongings.
6. Avoid eating too many butter.
7. Sarojini wrote much of her poems when she was young.
8. Their all efforts went up in smoke.
9. All of the playground was waterlogged. 10.Neither of us did not knew the answer.
11.Almost all her time is spent on buying clothes and cosmetics. 12.All person have to
shape his own destiny.
13.Don’t pay some attention to what that silly boy says. 14.Everyone takes little time to
settle down at a new place.
15.I phoned her many times but each time there were no answers.