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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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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
Answer in Brief
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Solution

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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Chapter 1: Determiners - Exercise C [Page 6]

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CBSE English Workbook Class 10
Chapter 1 Determiners
Exercise C | Q 2 | Page 6

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continents           oceans and seas    countries                 deserts
mountains            lakes                      rivers and canals

Work in pairs. Each pair should write at least five questions (and their
answers), e.g.

What do you cross, when travelling from Europe to the USA? (The Atlantic Ocean)

You may use an atlas. Remember what you have learned in B.4 about using
or not using the.

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

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

When you have written your questions, your teacher wW organize a class
quiz.


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

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Underline only Determiners in the following.

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