Determiners Worksheet-4

Determiners Worksheet-4

Multiple-Choice Questions:

Fill in the blank with the correct determiners:

1. Which is _____ Newton’s third law of motion?

(A) A                   (B) The               (C) X                   (D) An

2. ____ dolls are very pretty, aren’t they?

(A) Much           (B) A                   (C) The               (D) A little

3. It is very hard to find decent parking space _____ days.

(A) This              (B) These           (C) Those           (D) That

4. Presently, the girl and ____ pet came to see us.

(A) His               (B) Hers             (C) Its                 (D) Her

5. There aren’t ____ pictures in ____ book.

(A) Many, these                            (B) Much, this

(C) Any, this                                  (D) Some, that

6. You must drink _____ water every day.

(A) Sufficient of                            (B) Enough of

(C) Lot of                                        (D) A lot of

7. _____ child must get at least two sweets.

(A) Some           (B) Every           (C) No                (D) None

8. Petrol was quite cheap during _____ 1970’s.

(A) A                   (B) An                 (C) X                   (D) The

9. My uncle lives in _____ next house.

(A) The               (B) X                   (C) An                 (D) These

10. Selling ____ newspaper is not ___ easy job.

(A) The, an        (B) A, an            (C) An, a            (D) An, the

Answers:

1. (C)

Exp: Newton’s is a proper noun and hence no determiner is used.

2. (C)

Exp: ‘Dolls’ is plural and so ‘the’ is the correct option to use.

3. (B)

Exp: ‘These’ is used to signify the present time.

4. (D)

Exp: ‘Girl’ is a feminine noun and so the possessive adjective ‘her’ is used.

5. (C)

Exp: Due to negation ‘any’ is used and ‘this’ is used to show that the book is being looked at now.

6. (D)

Exp: Since water is an uncountable noun only option ‘d’ is applicable here.

7. (B)

Exp: ‘Every’ is distributed among all children, ‘every’ suggests the singular also.

8. (D)

Exp: ‘1970’s is a specific time period and so ‘the’ is used.

9. (A)

Exp: ‘Next’ is ordinal and so ‘the’ is used.

10. (B)

Exp: ‘Newspaper’ refers to any newspaper and so ‘a’ in used and ‘easy’ starts with a vowel; hence ‘an’ is used.