Determiners - Pearson Education

1 1 DETERMINERSD eterminers are words that are used before nouns to identify may be divided into: Articles: a/an, theThe words a and an are called indefinite articles. They are used with singularcountable : Have you a pencil?The word the is called the definite article. It is used before a noun which refers tosomething or someone : You may keep the change. Demonstrative adjectives: this, that, these, thoseThese adjectives indicate the noun that is being referred :This book is books are yours. Adjectives of quantity: some, much, lessThey tell us how much of a thing is being referred : I ate some did not eat any ate much rice.

2 Adjectives of number: many, few, several, eachThey tell us how many things or persons are being referred :Several books were stolen from the cell phone has many useful is the twelth month of the to every word I say. Possessive pronouns: my, our, your, their, his, her, itsThese pronouns are used to show posession or :This is my is your address?2 WORKSHEET the appropriate Determiners from the box and fill in the blanks inthe following ) I have a book. I will write _____ name on _____ will write _____ names on _____ ) The children are walking with _____ ) I rang him up _____ times but there was no ) These curtains are _____ too long _____ too short forthe ) _____ reward _____ punishment has any effect on ) _____ animals are in danger of becoming ) _____ her parents are ) The gardener put _____ soil into _____ flower Fill in the blanks with suitable ) Helen looked in i) _____ cupboard in ii)_____ kitchenfor iii) _____ tablecloth to put on iv) _____ dining ) Everybody came in and sat down at i) _____ table.

3 They talkedabout ii) _____ things they had done during iii) _____day. Jane had been working on iv) _____ project at ) Who is i) _____ fastest runner in school? Surely, it is ii) _____boy who lives down iii) _____ lane. He is indeed iv) ) Have you i) _____ pair of trousers to put on? You do have ii)_____ one given to you by iii)_____ company. If not,why don t you wear just iv) _____ shirt and v) _____ theold ) Neena put mats around i) _____ table and laid each place withii) _____ knife, iii) _____ fork and iv) _____spoon. Then she gave everyone v) _____ ) Our cat had ran across i) _____ road.

4 There was ii) _____dog chasing her. Then she promptly climbed up iii) _____ ) Jeannie had been at i) _____ school all day. Jeannie s friend hadii) _____ part in iii) _____ school play and she had beenrehearsing. She had iv) _____ pivotal role in v) ) Please form i) _____ queue for lunch. Rana will serve ii)_____ lunch soon. He is still carrying iii) _____vessels to iv) _____ ) i) _____ gentlemen had taken ill and ii) _____ conditionbecame serious. So he sent for the doctor. iii) _____ doctorexamined them and wrote iv) _____ prescriptions. Please send v)_____ prescriptions to vi) _____ chemist and get vii)_____ medicines as early as possible advised viii) In the following passage, one word (determiner) has been omitted in eachline.

5 Write the missing word along into the word that comes before andthe word that comes after king who hada) _____daughters wanted to knowb)_____exactly how they loved ) _____Two older daughters declaredd) _____that they loved him ) _____Youngest simply saidf) _____she loved him according tog) _____duty. Immediately the kingdivided kingdom betweenh) _____his two elder The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each of thelines. Write the incorrect word and the correct word in the space is said that an richa) _____man s son came back from anb) _____4famous university. On a day ofc) _____him arrival there was great ) _____A son was anxious toe) _____show off him learning.

6 Hef) _____said, I can prove yourh) _____to be wrong! A father asked howi) _____he could do that. A son was finallyj) _____outwitted and felt ashamed of him ) _____