Samacheer Kalvi 10th English Grammar Determiners

Samacheer Kalvi 10th English Grammar Determiners

Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi 10th English Grammar Determiners

Study the sentences given below:

I saw a juggler yesterday. – My uncle is an officer in the army.
This car is very comfortable. – Some pictures are really fine.
Do you have any complaints against me? – She is blind of one eye.

In the above sentences, a, an, the, this, my, some, any and one are words which mark the subsequent arrival of a noun. Each of them modifies the noun which follows it. Such words are called Determiners or Fixing words as they fix the nouns that follow them.
Here is a tentative list of the most frequently used Determiners:

(a) a, an, the – (Article Determiners)
(b) this, that, these, those – (Demonstrative Determiners)
(c) my, our, your, his, her, its, their, one’s – (Possessive Determiners)
(d) one, two, three, etc. – (Definite Numerical Determiners)
(e) some, any, no; all, both; much, many; few, less, several, little – (Indefinite Numeral Determiners)
(J) each, every, either, neither – (Distributive Numeral Determiners)

Use Of Some Common Determiners

Fill in the blanks with suitable determiners.

Question 1.
She has not solved ……………………….. sums, (many, any)
Answer:
any

Question 2.
……………………….. books are missing from the library. (Any, Some)
Answer:
some

Question 3.
This book is mine but ……………………….. is yours, (that, any)
Answer:
that

Question 4.
……………………….. boys have done their work. (That, These)
Answer:
these

Question 5.
He didn’t make ……………………….. progress, (much, many)
Answer:
much

Question 6.
He has forgotten ……………………….. of the details, (some, many)
Answer:
some

Question 7.
The District Magistrate visited ……………………….. flood affected area, (every, either)
Answer:
every

Question 8.
……………………….. villa is this? (Whose, What)
Answer:
whose

Question 9.
He is the ……………………….. boy who has joined this gym. (first, whose)
Answer:
first

Question 10.
I met her ……………………….. week, (this, those)
Answer:
this

Question 11.
Does your cow give ……………………….. milk? (much, many)
Answer:
much

Question 12.
Ramesh bought ……………………….. ice-cream for the family, (some, many)
Answer:
some

Question 13.
Good manners are needed ……………………….. where, (every, each)
Answer:
every

Question 14.
The calves were grazing in the field with ……………………….. mothers for many years, (that, their)
Answer:
there

Question 15.
I shall meet him ……………………….. week, (next, last)
Answer:
next