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प्रश्न
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.
- Bangkok is ___ capital of Thailand.
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उत्तर
- Bangkok is the capital of Thailand.
Definite (specific)
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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.
- 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.
- .............. Punjab, .......... important state of North India, has five rivers flowing through it.
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
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.
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.
________[ one/ few/ an ] example helps understand concepts better.
Choose the appropriate option from the box to complete the given sentence.
________[ India/ lndia's] cultural diversity attracts tourists from all over the world.
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.
_______ [ 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 sentences.
_________[ any / each ]student of this class is a scholar badge holder.
Choose the appropriate option from the box to complete the given sentence.
The ______[ many / three ] monkeys that escaped from the Delhi zoo were found eating bananas in a fruit shop.
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 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.
Underline only Determiners in the following.
- My brother bought a few magazines.
- What is your friend's name ?
- Which writer was also the President of our country?
- These are some toys.
- These toys are new.
- That doctor is an expert dentist and he has many patients.
