INDIAN SCHOOL AL WADI AL KABIR
Class: IX Department: ENGLISH Date of submission:
September 2024
WORKSHEET Topic: Determiners, Answer Key. Note: Practise
DETERMINERS
A determiner is a word that comes before a noun and limits its meaning. It makes
clear what the noun refers to.
E.g., A, an, the, these, that, those etc.
Types
❖ Articles (a, an, the)
❖ Demonstratives (this, that, these, those)
❖ Possessives (my, our, your, his, her, its and their)
❖ Quantifiers and numbers (some, any, much, many, all both, few, one, two,
first, second, etc.)
EXERCISE 1
Fill in the blanks with suitable determiners:
1) ________ house is not mine.
2) I have ________ more files to complete.
3) She doesn’t like him ________.
4) Nidhi answered ________ the questions wrong.
5) ________ the girls had to carry their own luggage.
6) I shall not buy ________ oranges. These are rotten.
7) I have bought ________ cycle.
8) I drive 10 Kms ________ day to reach my school.
9) We are expecting ________ guests tonight.
10) ________ of my answers were correct. So, I passed.
11) Hello! ________is Nipun. Can I speak to Aman?
12) He spends ________ time on video games.
13) What is your sister doing ________ days?
14) I can speak ________ Hindi.
15) He had built ________ unique house.
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EXERCISE 2
Choose the appropriate determiners from the box and fill in the blanks in the
following sentences.
This, these, those, my, our, their, your, several, many, both, each, some,
either-or, neither-nor
a) I have a book. I will write ____________ name on ____________ book. We
will write ____________ names on ____________ books.
b) The children are walking with ____________ parents.
c) I rang him up ____________ times but there was no reply.
d) These curtains are ____________ too long ____________ too short for the
windows.
e) ____________ reward ____________ punishment has any effect on these boys.
f) ____________ animals are in danger of becoming extinct.
g) ____________ her parents are doctors.
h) The gardener put ____________ soil into ____________ flowerpot.
EXERCISE 3
1) Tina’s father is ----- man of honesty and integrity. He does not accept ------ gift
from his friends or relatives. On ------ occasion of celebrating ----- ‘Children’s
Day’, he rewarded -------- children for -------- honesty.
2) I have met --------- people in my life, but --------- person who has influenced me
the most is Mother Teresa. To me she has been -------- symbol of true religion. --
-------- people can do what she has done. If we adopt ------- ideology, --------
world will become -------- better place to live in.
3) --------- abbreviation is ------ shortened form of ---------- word or a group of
words. It is used to save time and space. ---------- abbreviations are also used
while speaking. Most of ------ dictionaries include -------- list of commonly used
abbreviations.
Answers
EX 1
1. That
2. Some
3. Much
4. All
5. All
6. These
7. A
8. Every
9. Several
10. Most
11. This
12. More
13. These
14. Little
15. A
EX 2
a. My, this, our, these
b. Their
c. Several/many
d. Either, or
e. Neither, nor
f. Some/many
g. Both
h. Some, each
EX 3
1. Ans: a, any, the, the, some/many/several/a few, their
2. Ans: many/ several/ a lot of, the, a/the, few, her, the/this, a
3. Ans: an, the, a, some/many/several/a few, the, a
