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

________[ India/ lndia's] cultural diversity attracts tourists from all over the world. 

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Indias ultural diversity attracts tourists from all over the world. 

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Determiners
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Chapter 1: Determiners - Exercise D [Page 10]

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CBSE English Workbook [English] Class 10
Chapter 1 Determiners
Exercise D | Q 4.05 | Page 10

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 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.')

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Then complete the following sentence using appropriate articles.

  • Bangkok is ___ capital of Thailand.

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.

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
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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 .............

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.

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

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

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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.


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.

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)

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.

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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:


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