Determiners Exercise

Choose the correct determiners for the following sentences:

1. What _____ beautiful flower! (a/ the)

2. Aditi wants me to lend her ________ car. (that/ my/ her)
3. Neeraj is _______ doctor. (a/ an/ the)
4. I need to buy _______ new furniture for my apartment. (any/some)
5. My uncle is _____ richest man in the town. (a/ the)
6. Mount Everest is _________ highest peak in _________ Himalayas. (a/ an/ the)
7. ______ clothes made in our factory are very cheap. (a/ the)
8. We heard _____ noise. _____ noise came from a neighbour's house. (a/ an/ the)
9. Can you bring me _______ water when you come back? (some/ any)
10. The inquiry officer asks about the incident _____ happened yesterday. (that/ which)
11. Who is ________ fellow? (that/ those)
12. Ravi is _______ best singer in the school. (an/ the)
13. This car can be driven at ________ speed of 180 kilometres ________ hour. (a/ an/
the)
14. The gardener waters ________ plants every day. (his/ their)
15. The dog licked its paw. (his/ its)
16. I need ___________ help with my homework. (any/ some)
17. We invited ______ colleagues over to our house for ____ barbecue party. (a few/few;
a/an/the)
18. I used to live in ____ house. (this/that/these)
19. Is there _______ way we can get to the airport faster? (any/ some)
20. Our teacher didn’t give us ___________ homework yesterday. (some/ any)
21. _____ qualifications do you have? (whose/ what/ which)
22. _____ is your residential address? (which/ where/ what)
23. She is wearing a beautiful ring on _____ finger. (her/ their)
24. Can I get ___ hot bowl of soup? (a/ an)
25. He went to the shopping mall with_______ younger sisters. (his both/ both his/ two
his)
26. Could you please bring me ______ books I left in _____ garden? (these/ those; the/ a/
an)
27. Thomas read ___________ interesting books last month. (any/ some)
28. The book belongs to ___. (her/ hers)
29. I’m tired. Do we have ___________ time to take a nap? (any/ some)
30. He turned on ______ television. (the/ an)

Fill in the blanks with appropriate determiners:

1. Have you visited _______ foreign countries recently?

2. The book on the table belongs to _____ library.
3. ____ dog is ___ faithful animal.
4. ____ rich should help ____ poor.
5. I have got _____ cold.
6. Most of ______ students were absent from ______ class.
7. ______ tiger is _____ fierce animal.
8. Although he’s very ill, he didn’t take _______ medicine.
 9. How _______ time do you need to finish the work?
10. Honesty is ______ best policy.
11. Kalidas is ________ Shakespeare of India.
12. Sri Lanka is to ________ South of India.
13. Where is ________ pen I bought last week ?
14. I saw _______ nest of ______ owl on ______ tree.
15. Please open _______ window.
16. Open _______ book and read ________ passage.
17. June is _______ hottest month of _______ year.
18. I shall be back in _______ hour.
19. Can _______ blind see ?
20. What is ______ matter ?

Find out the error or determiners in the sentences given below and correct
them:

1. He is a boy who helps me in need.

2. Everyone takes little time to settle down at a new place.
3. I am going to post office. It is near the central park.
4. Sara wrote much of her poems when she was young.
5. That is beautiful house.

Answers:

1. He is the boy who helps me in need.

2. Everyone takes a little time to settle down at a new place.
3. I am going to the post office. It is near the central park.
4. Sara wrote many of her poems when she was young.
5. That is a beautiful house.