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Question
Choose the appropriate option from the box to complete the given Sentence.
My _________[another/ other ] sister is taller than me .
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Solution
My Other sister is taller than me .
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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.
Articles
1. The building that I visited today is a museum.
2. A building in which antiques are kept is called a museum.
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.
- The Amazon is considered to be ___ largest river in the world, in terms of volume of water.
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.
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.
Is there ____1 [ the/ a ] fitness centre near your house ?
Given below is a picture of a beautiful scene you saw on your trip to Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Write an email to your friend Harsh, in Bangalore, describing the scene. To help you write your e-mail, firs match the determiners in the box with items from the picture. (X indicates that the word does not require a determiner.) Apart from the determiners given in the box, you can also use other suitable determiners.
two, three (etc), an, a, the, several, many, very little, every, each, X
.......... mango groves
............. ghats
............. riverganga
...............prayer flags
.............. ascetics
............ boats
............. tourists
............ temples
............. devotees
............ team of security officials
.............. sand
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.
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.
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)
Over the years, Hawking has written 15 books.
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)
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:
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.
