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Question
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.
- Many countries rely on ___ type of cocoa produced in Ghana for their chocolate products.
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Solution
- Many countries rely on the type of cocoa produced in Ghana for their chocolate products.
Definite (specific)
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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.
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.
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.
- ___ fruit seller does not earn much during the rainy season.
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.
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.
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.
________[ one/ few/ an ] example helps understand concepts better.
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 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.
I spent _______[ the little / a little ] money I had.
Choose the appropriate option from the box to complete the given sentence.
You may have_______ [either \ any] of the four watches.
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:
