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Grade: IX: Determiners Worksheet : English (184)
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1) He wants to become a doctor.
2) An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
3) This book is very helpful.
4) Have you any money?
5) There is some sugar in the pot.
In the above sentences- a, an, the, this, any and some are words which warn that a
noun is coming. Such words are called determiners.
The following is a list of the most frequently used determiners.
1) Name: _____________________________________________________
a, an, the (articles) Date : /11/2023
2) This, that, these, those (demonstratives)
Roll No:
3) my, our,______ Div her,
your, his, : _______ Time : 1 Hr 15 Mins
its, their (possessives) Total Marks : 30
4) one, two, three, first, second, third (numerals and cardinals)
5) Many, some, all, both, neither, each, every, much, few, several, less, no, either
(Indefinite pronouns)
A, An, The -
‘A’ are used before countable singular nouns. ‘A’ is used before a word beginning with
consonant sound while ‘ An’ is used before words with vowel sounds.
Eg: A pen is to write with.
An elephant is a huge animal.
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‘The’ is used to particularise a person or a thing.
Eg: Bring me the book lying on the table.
The dish you prepared was very delicious.
This, That, These, Those –
‘This’, ‘That’, ‘These’ and ‘Those’ point to objects denoted by the nouns that follow
them.
Eg: This man is a villager
That horse runs very fast.
❖ ‘This’ and ‘That’ take singular nouns and singular nouns after them. Similarly,
‘These’ and ‘those’ take plural nouns and plural verbs after them.
❖ ‘This’ and ‘These’ point to the object which are near while ‘that’ and ‘those’ point
to the distant objects.
My, Our, Your, His, her, its, theirs –
These are possessive forms of pronouns. They can be used before singular and plural
nouns. They also be used before uncountable nouns.
Eg: Her book lie shattered in the room.
Where have you lost your wits?
She is testing your sincerity.
One, too, three, first, second, third –
Eg: He is blind of one eye.
The first boy in the row is dozing.
Each and Every –
‘Each’ is used for two or more persons or things (that are definite), while ‘every’ is used
for more than two persons or things (indefinite)
Eg: There are something hidden in each corner of the room.
He comes to me everyday.
I gave them each copy of the script.
Every man is expected to do his best.
There were only two poets. Each poet recited his poems.
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No, any, some –
‘No’ and ‘any’ are used in negative and interrogative sentences, while ‘some’ is
generally used in affirmative sentences.
Eg: There is no high school in this village.
Any body can show you the way.
❖ ‘Some’ and ‘any’ – both are indicators of quantity and number.
All and both –
‘All’ denotes the total of many units together while ‘both’ shows the total of two units
together.
Eg: All the girls are present today.
Both the husband and wife were elected to the assembly.
Either and neither –
‘Either’ means one of the two persons or things.
‘Neither’ is the opposite of either.
Eg: You may buy either of the two pens.
Neither of them could speak on the stage.
Many, much, few, less and several -
‘Many’, ‘Much’ ‘few’ ,’less’ and several –
‘Many’ denotes number while ‘much’ denotes quantity. ‘Few’ is the opposite of many
and ‘less’ is the opposite of much. ‘Several’ means more than few but less than many.
Eg: There are many flowers in this garden.
I had to put in much hardwork.
We had few holidays in school.
You denote less time to your studies.
Several people paid homage to the departed leader.
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Difference in meanings of: few, a few, the few; little, a little, the little.
(i) ‘Few’ is used with countable nouns. It means ‘hardly any’. It is negative.
Eg: He is a lonely man. He has few good friends.
(ii) ‘A few’ means ‘some’ in number.
Eg: He is not a lonely man. He has a few friends.
(iii) ‘The few’ means not many but all of them.
Eg: The few friends he had left him when he became poor.
(iv) ‘Little’ is used with uncountable nouns. ‘Little’ means not much, hardly any, less
than required. It is negative.
Eg: There is little milk in the house. So I cannot prepare any tea for you.
(v) ‘A little’ means some in quantity.
Eg: I can prepare two cups of tea for there is a little milk in the house.
(vi) ‘The little’ means ‘not much’, but all of that much.
Eg: You can drink the little milk kept in the jug.
Excercise
1] Fill in the blanks using appropriate determiners.
1) Last month, we went to see (a) ________ National Book Fair with our teacher. We
bought (b) ________ books. (c) ________ of them were story books, while (d) _____
others were of general knowledge.
2) (a) ________ educated person should know how to write a clear and readable letter.
Everyone has to write business letters of (b) ______ sort, many may have to face (c)
________ problem of writing (d) _____ important letters.
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3) A gentleman came to the police station to see (a) _______ Inspector. He was made
to wait outside for (b) _______ hour. He didn’t object to it but due to (c) ______
personal reasons (d) ______ anger could be seen in his eyes.
4) (a) ______ man who is wearing a white cap is my neighbour. (b) ______ wife is (c)
_____ doctor. His father is (d) ______ M.P.
5) There was (a) _____ accident near (b) ______ market this morning. A car hit a bicycle
and (c) ______ man on (d) _____ bicycle was killed.
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