DETERMINERS – ENGLISH GRAMMAR

DETERMINERS – ENGLISH GRAMMAR

There are six types of determiners in the English language and are known as articles, demonstratives, possessives, quantifiers, distributives and interrogatives.

QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS

Choose appropriate determiners from the box to complete sentences.

Some, each, their, neither, either, several, many, both, my, this

1.         I will write ________(possessive) name on ___________(demonstrative) books

2.         The children are walking with _______ (possessive) parents

3.          _________ (Quantifier) trees were uprooted in the storm.

4.          _________ (Distributive) team won the game. It was a tie.

5.          _________ (Quantifier) animals are in danger of becoming extinct.

6.          You can wear it on ________ (distributive) hand

7.           __________ (Distributive) sisters lived in the same town after marriage

8.          The gardener put ­­­_______ (quantifier) soil into ________ (Distributive) flower pot

 

 

ANSWERS

1.            my and this

2.            their

3.            Several

4.            Neither

5.            Many

6.            Either

7.            Both

8.            some    each

 SENTENCES - QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS - ENGLISH GRAMMAR

QUESTIONS - Change the sentences as given in brackets

1.            You should not break rules (To Imperative)

2.            I wish I had come sooner (To Exclamatory)

3.            Why worry about such small issues. (To Assertive)

4.            You are advised to sit down immediately (To imperative)

5.            The minister whispered in the emperor’s ear. (To Interrogative)

6.            This carpet is an exquisite work of art (to Exclamatory)

7.            Who thought it would rain so heavily today? (to Assertive)

8.            I shall never forget those glories days in school (to Interrogative)

9.            Was it for this that we worked so hard? (to Assertive)

10.          In the meeting, the orthodox fought against the will. (To negative)

 

 ANSWERS:

1.            Do not break rules.

2.            How I wish I had come soon!

3.            We should not worry about such small issues.

4.            Please sit down immediately.

5.            Did the minister whisper in the emperor’s ear?

6.            What an exquisite work of art this carpet is!

7.            No one thought it would rain so heavily today.

8.            Will I ever forget those glories days in school?

9.            It was for this, that we worked so hard.

10.          In the meeting the orthodox did not fight against the will.