Determiners Worksheet-1

Determiners Worksheet-1

Multiple-Choice Questions:

Fill in the blank with the correct determiners:

1. I saw ____ eagle flying high in ____ sky.

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

2. I am going to meet ____ son today.

(A) Mine            (B) The               (C) My                (D) A

3. _____ sun is ____ star.

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

4. That is Sheila. _____ dress is not very bright, is it?

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

5. Two youngsters broke into ___ biggest grocery store on C.M. Road.

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

6. Will you have ___ cup of tea?

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

7. It will be at least _____ hour before he comes.

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

8. You had ____ lot of time to do _____ sums.

(A) These, a                                    (B) An, these

(C) Some, these                            (D) A, these

9. Yesterday we met ____ European man and _____ American lady.

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

10. I found ____ one rupee note under ____ bed.

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

11. _____ alien in the movie ‘ET’ is very cute.

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

12. Our new teacher is _____ honorable person.

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

13. Have you read _____ ‘Bhagwad Gita’?

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

14. Taj Mahal was built by ____ Shah Jahan.

(A) The               (B) A                   (C) An                 (D) None of these

15. Do you know _______ Shahs who live here?

(A) A                   (B) The               (C) An                 (D) None of these

Answers:

1. (B)

Exp: ‘Eagle’ starts with a vowel; hence ‘an’ is used and ‘sky’ is a unique noun hence ‘the’ is used.

2. (C)

Exp: ‘I’ is the subject; hence possessive adjective ‘my’ is used.

3. (A)

Exp: ‘Sun’ is a unique noun; hence ‘the’ is used and ‘star’ starts with a consonant; hence ‘a’ is used.

4. (C)

Exp: ‘Sheila’ is a feminine name and so the possessive adjective ‘her’ is used.

5. (D)

Exp: ‘Biggest’ is the superlative degree and so ‘the’ is used.

6. (B)

Exp: ‘Cup starts with a consonant; hence ‘a’ is used.

7. (C)

Exp: ‘Hour’ starts with a consonant but its pronunciation is with a vowel sound (h is silent); hence ‘an’ is used.

8. (D)

Exp: ‘A’ is used with ‘lot of’ and since ‘sums’ is plural the demonstrative adjective ‘these’ is used.

9. (C)

Exp: ‘European’ starts with a vowel but is pronounced with a consonant; hence ‘a’ is used and ‘American’ starts with a vowel; hence ‘an’ is used.

10. (A)

Exp: ‘One’ starts with a vowel but is pronounced with a consonant sound; hence ‘a’ is used and since ‘bed’ is particular ‘the’ is used.

11. (C)

Exp: ‘Alien’ is particular hence ‘the’ is used.

12. (B)

Exp: ‘Honorable’ starts with a consonant but is pronounced with a vowel sound; hence ‘an’ is used.

13. (B)

Exp: ‘The’ is used before names of holy books.

14. (D)

Exp: ‘Shah Jahan’ is a proper noun and so no determiner is used.

15. (B)

Exp: When we mean a particular family and want to include all its members ‘the’ is used.