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Question
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 .
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Solution
Some of the mango trees in their garden bear fruit twice a Year .
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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 ............. |
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 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 .
Choose the appropriate option from the box to complete the given sentence.
I spent _______[ the little / a little ] money I had.
Choose the appropriate option from the box to complete the given sentence.
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(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)
These three books articulate his search for science’s Holy Grail.
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
