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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

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प्रश्न

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
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उत्तर

The following determiners can be used with countable nouns only :
a, all, an, another, every, both, each, either, two few, many, several, most, neither, no, any, one

The following determiners can be used with uncountable nouns only :
enough, little, more, a lot of, some, much

The following determiners can be used with both countable and uncountable nouns :
all, some, most, more, a lot of, enough, no, any

Countable (C) Uncountable (U) Both (C) and (U)
  1. a pen
  2. all pens
  3. an orange
  4. another pen
  5. every pen
  6. both pens
  7. each boy
  8. either pen
  9. few pens
  10. many pens
  11. most pens
  12. neither pen(s)
  13. one,two,three,etc pen (s)
  14. other pen(s)
  15. several pens

some water

a little water

much water

some pens / some water

any pen/some water

enough pen/any water

more pens/more water

no pen/no water 

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पाठ 1: Determiners - Exercise [पृष्ठ ६]

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सीबीएसई English Workbook Class 10
पाठ 1 Determiners
Exercise | Q C. 2. | पृष्ठ ६

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

In this unit you will use the words which help to identify things – to say whether they are known or unknown to the listener, which one(s) the speaker is talking about, whether the speaker is thinking of specific examples or talking in general. You will also work with words which say ‘how much’ or ‘how many’.

There are twenty determiners in the grid given below. Encircle these determiners.


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.

  • ___ fruit seller does not earn much during the rainy season.

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.

  • Many countries rely on ___ type of cocoa produced in Ghana for their chocolate products.

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.

In groups of four, read the following description from a geography book, and underline the geographical names.
The Himalayas, the highest mountain range in the world, protect India from the cold winds blowing from central Asia and the People's Republic of China. Mount Everest, the highest mountain peak of the world belongs to this range and is situated in Nepal. To the south of the Himalayas, the great northern plains extend between the mouth of the rivers Indus and the Ganga. The Indus, the Ganga and the Brahmaputra start in the Himalayas .The Indus starts in Tibet near Mansarovar Lake. The Ganga rises in the Himalayas and the Brahmaputra, also known as Tsang Po, starts in Tibet. The Ganga and the Brahmaputrajoin together before flowing into the Bay of Bengal. Between the fertile Indus and Ganga plains are the Aravalli Hills and the Thar Desert.

Now discuss within your groups how the article is used (or not used) before geographical terms, and complete the following table:

Names Category Use of the Conclusion Other examples
Himalyas Mountain range   The' is used before names of mountain ranges

The Alps

The Andes

Mount Everest        
  Cities     Pune, Delhi
India
Nepal
       

People's

Republic of China

A country whose name includes words like republic, union etc.      
  Rivers      
        Dal lake
  Deserts      

Determiners with countable and uncountable nouns

Add a suitable noun to each of the following determiners in the box below.

a............                both.............         few.................      much..............
all...............            each............           little ............       neither................
an..............             either..............       many ...............    no.............
another...............    enough ..............   more ..............     any ..............
every...........            most...........          several...............  one..............
some.............           two(etc)..............    a lot of .............

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.

l had left _____I [ the/ my] green shirt on the bed, but l can't find it now.


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.

He drove with ______Care [ much / little ] care and hence was fined by the Traffic Police .


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 .


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

(articles/possessive pronouns/demonstratives or quantifiers)

He lost his voice for good.


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

(articles/possessive pronouns/demonstratives or quantifiers)

Over the years, Hawking has written 15 books.


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

(articles/possessive pronouns/demonstratives or quantifiers)

These three books articulate his search for science’s Holy Grail.


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

(articles/possessive pronouns/demonstratives or quantifiers)

That dream made him realize it.


Determiners are words that modify a noun or noun phrase and occur before them in a sentence. Determiners provide a context to the noun they precede.
They may be:

  • Articles - a, an, the
  • Demonstratives - this, that, these, those, which etc.
  • Possessives - my, your, our, their, his, her etc. my friend’s, her mother’s etc.
  • Quantifiers - few, many, much, more, every, each, some etc.
  • Numerals - one, four, hundred, first, fourth, hundredth

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