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Choose the appropriate option from the box to complete the given sentence.

That house at the comer of the street belongs to _____ [ many / those ] people who are standing near its gate.

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That house at the comer of the street belongs to those people who are standing near its gate.

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Determiners
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पाठ 1: Determiners - Exercise D [पृष्ठ १०]

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सीबीएसई English Communicative Workbook Interact in English [English] Class 10
पाठ 1 Determiners
Exercise D | Q 4.06 | पृष्ठ १०

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

Articles

 1. The building that I visited today is a museum.
2. A building in which antiques are kept is called a museum.

         The word used before building in ....
         Sentence 1 is .......... and in
         Sentence 2 is ...............
• Can you think of a reason why different words are used before building in these two sentences? (Clue: Remember what you read in Class IX about 'specific and non-specific items.')

Working in pair, decide which of the following items in italics is definite (or specific) and which is indefinite (or non-specific).
Then complete the following sentence using appropriate articles.

  • Australia, ................ country in the southern Hemisphere, has produced some world-class sportspersons.

Working in pair, decide which of the following items in italics is definite (or specific) and which is indefinite (or non-specific).
Then complete the following sentence using appropriate articles.

  • ................... girl who lives at the corner of our street has been selected for the
    civil services.

Working in pair, decide which of the following items in italics is definite (or specific) and which is indefinite (or non-specific).
Then complete the following sentence using appropriate articles.

  • .............. Punjab, ..........  important state of North India, has five rivers flowing through it.

Working in pair, decide which of the following items in italics is definite (or specific) and which is indefinite (or non-specific).
Then complete the following sentence using appropriate articles.

  • 1950 is ___ year in which India became a republic.

Read this extract from a story. Fill in the blanks using a, an or the where necessary.

I drove on the Time Machine without changing .............. lever . At last I stopped; ............... sun was red and very large and ........... huge reddish
rock was there. ................ Time Machine, in which I sat, was standing on ............. sloping beach and I saw ................. sea stretch to ................ horizon, but without any waves. No breath of wind stirred and I began to breathe very fast and felt ................ oppression in my head. I heard .............. harsh scream and saw .............. thing like ............. huge butterfly. But as I turned to look around again, I froze. .................. reddish mass of rock was moving towards me. I realized that it was ................ monstrous crablike creature. I felt a tickle on my cheek, as though .............. fly had lighted there. I struck at this and caught something threadlike. With horror I realized that I had just grasped ............. antenna of ............... monster crab. In a moment I had pulled the lever. I placed ................. time of one month between myself and these monsters.

                                                                                                   Ref.: The Time Machine
                                                                                                            By H.G.Wells


The following paragraph has not been edited. (There is one error or omission in each line). The errors have been underlined and the omissions marked with a '/'. Write your corrections in the space provided. The first correction has been done as an example.

The area of/ Atlantic Ocean south of Florida                                         the
has been an tricky one for travellers.                                                     --------
In the days of sail, ships crossing / area                                                ---------
often found themselves becalmed for/ periods.                                    --------- 
To save drinking water, more horses on board                                     ----------
would be thrown into / sea.                                                                   ----------
Nevertheless, any sailors died of thirst.                                                 -----------
One of/ unique sea-going mysteries ever,                                            -----------
an 103-foot sailing ship was found floating,                                         -----------
abandoned with the life-boat missing.                                                  -----------
In the last 100 years much than 50 ships                                               ------------
and 20 aeroplanes have disappeared in the Bermuda triangle.             ------------


Determiners with countable and uncountable nouns

Now get into groups of four, compare your answers, and decide which of
the determiners can be used with
.....................................   countable nouns only
 ....................................    uncountable nouns only
........................................... both countable and uncountable nouns

Fill in the table below as you do this activity

Countable (C) Uncountable (U) Both (C) and (U)
a pen some water some pens / some water

Read the dialogue and fill in the blanks by using words which will help to make the meaning clear.

A.       ( 1) ___ two chairs look so shabby. Don't you think we need to get a

          (2) ................ of new ones? 

B. We'll talk about it a (3)................ later, I have (4) ................important piece of work to complete tonight. I can't spare (5) ................time right now.

A. I saw (6)................ exquisite chair at 'WOODCRAFT'. I think they would fit beautifully in (7) ................drawing-room.

B. WOODCRAFT! It is (8) ................most expensive show-room in town.

A But they have authentic teak furniture, or we could choose (9)................set of chairs in rosewood; (10) ................idea may be to buy some cane chairs. B. I guess it would be useful to spend a ( 11) ................ more on furniture which would last for ( 12) ................years.

 A. So, when can you spare a (13)................ hours to visit WOODCRAFf with me?

 B. We could go ( 14) ................ Saturday or Sunday.


Choose the appropriate option from the box to complete the given sentence.

1 have been to ______ [a/ the ] doctor, whose name appeared in the New York Times.


Choose the appropriate option from the box to complete the given sentence.

He has hardly read__ [ many/ any ] book.  


Choose the appropriate option from the box to complete the given sentence.

_______ [ little / a little ] milk is required for a cup of tea.


Choose the appropriate option from the box to complete the given sentence.

______[ few/ some ] of the mango trees in their garden bear fruit twice a Year .


Choose the appropriate option from the box to complete the given Sentence.

My _________[another/ other ] sister is taller than me .


Choose the appropriate option from the box to complete the given sentence.

You may have_______ [either \ any] of the four watches.


From the following sentence, underline the Noun and encircle their Determiners that specify the noun in a noun phrase.

(articles/possessive pronouns/demonstratives or quantifiers)

He lost his voice for good.


From the following sentence, underline the Noun and encircle their Determiners that specify the noun in a noun phrase.

(articles/possessive pronouns/demonstratives or quantifiers)

That dream made him realize it


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