Determiners Worksheet-3

Determiners Worksheet-3

Multiple-Choice Questions:

Fill in the blank with the correct determiners:

1. ____ Hindustan Times is one of ____ oldest dailies of India.

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

2. _____ gold that we bought is very pure.

(A) A                                               (B) The

(C) None of them                         (D) These

3. ____ gold and _____ platinum are precious metals.

(A) The, the       (B) X, X              (C) A, the           (D) These, those

4. ____ cow is ____ useful animal.

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

5. _____ man is ____ mortal being.

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

6. “I like go to ____ school every day,” said Sheila who is in Class 2.

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

7. I have to visit _____ hospital today as Mrs. Shah is admitted there.

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

8. There are _____ toys in that shop.

(A) Many           (B) Much           (C) Any               (D) little

9. How _____ wood would a wood-chuck, chuck if ____ wood-chuck could chuck wood?

(A) A, much      (B) Many, a       (C) Much, a       (D) A, a

10. ____ Ganges is supposed to be ____ holiest river of India.

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

11. ____ man wishes to fulfill ____ dreams.

(A) Some, his    (B) Every, his    (C) His, every   (D) Many, their

12. Had ____ people come to watch the circus?

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

13. “Is _____ mother is coming home today, Rita?” asked Ravi.

(A) Mine            (B) You               (C) Your             (D) Yours

14. ____ silver jewelry is sold quite well now-a-days.

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

15. _____ of what he said was ____ truth.

(A) Many, the   (B) Most, the    (C) The, most   (D) Much, a

Answers:

1. (A)

Exp: ‘Hindustan Times’ is the name of a newspaper so ‘the’ is used and ‘oldest’ is the superlative degree so ‘the’ is used.

2. (B)

Exp: ‘Gold’ is particularized and so ‘the’ is used.

3. (B)

Exp: Gold and Platinum are material nouns and so no determiner (X, X) is used.

4. (C)

Exp: ‘Cow’ is used to denote the whole species, so ‘the’ is used. ‘Useful’ has a consonant pronunciation; hence ‘a’ is used.

5. (B)

Exp: ‘Man’ is used in its widest sense (to represent mankind) hence no determiner and ‘a’ is used with ‘mortal being.’

6. (D)

Exp: Since a student goes to school as a routine, no determiner is used.

7. (B)

Exp: Here ‘hospital’ is not visited as a routine and so ‘the’ is used.

8. (A)

Exp: ‘Many’ shows a great number and toys are countable.

9. (C)

Exp: ‘Wood’ is a material noun and uncountable; hence ‘much’ and ‘a’ to show one wood chuck.

10. (B)

Exp: ‘Ganges’ is the name of a river; hence ‘the’ and ‘holiest’ is the superlative degree; hence ‘the’ is used.

11. (B)

Exp: ‘Every’ is distributed among all men and ‘his’ is the possessive adjective.

12. (D)

Exp: ‘People’ are countable and so ‘many’ is used.

13. (C)

Exp: Rita is being spoken to and hence the possessive pronoun ‘your’ is used.

14. (B)

Exp: Silver is a material noun and so no determiner is used.

15. (B)

Exp: ‘Most’ is used with ‘of’ and ‘truth’ is particular hence ‘the’ is used.