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
| A hen laid an egg yesterday. |
| Bring me the purse I gave you. |
| This car is very beautiful. |
| Aditi lives in that house. |
| These books are yours. |
| Get me those mangoes please. |
| My mother is a teacher. |
| Your brother is calling you. |
| Our school has fifty rooms. |
| Their house is double-storeyed. |
| Five boys are sitting on that bench. |
| He stays on the first floor. |
| There isn’t any sugar in the pot. |
| Will you have some tea? |
| She gave me all the apples. |
| Both friends refused to part. |
| He has not solved many sums. |
| There are a few buses running. |
| He had little money. |
| I play hockey every day. |
| Either book will do. |
| Neither statement is true. |
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
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