Determiners

Determiners are words that are used in front of nouns to indicate whether you are referring to something
specific or something of a particular type.

Singular nouns always need a determiner. In plural nouns, the determiner is optional. Determiners may or
may not be used with uncountable nouns depending on context.
There are about 50 different determiners in the English language which include:.

Articles : a, an, the

Possessives : my, your, our, their, his, hers, whose, etc.
Demonstratives: this, that these, those, which, etc.
Quantifiers : few, a few, many, much, each, every, some, any, etc.
Numbers : one, two, three, twenty, forty, etc.
Ordinals : first, second, last, next, etc.

Determiners are used

 to state the unit/number of people, things or other nouns.

 to state possessives.
 to specify someone or something.
 to state how things or people are distributed.
 to state the difference between nouns.

01. Choose the correct definite or indefinite article: "the", "a", "an" or "x" (zero article) .

1. I bought pair of shoes.

2. I saw movie last night.
3. They are staying at hotel.
4. Look at woman over there! She is a famous actress.
5. I do not like basketball.
6. That is girl I told you about.
7. night is quiet. Let's take a walk!
8. price of gas keeps rising.
9. John traveled to Mexico.
10. Juan is Spanish.
11. I read amazing story yesterday.
12. My brother doesn't eat chicken.
13. love is such beautiful thing.
14. I live in apartment. apartment is new.
15. I would like piece of cake.

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 02. Articles exercises with answers. Choose the right articles a, an or zero article. In the
sentences where it is not necessary to use a or an choose x.

1. My friend is photographer. Let’s ask him for advice.

2. We had fish and chips for lunch.
3. That doesn’t sound very interesting lunch.
4. I had very bad night.
5. I didn’t sleep wink.
6. She is vegetarian. You won’t get meat at his house.
7. I had nut cutlet and I had indigestion.
8. A travel agent gave me information about hotels.
9. We’d better go by taxi – if we can get taxi at such hour.
10. Do you take sugar in coffee?

03. Complete the following exercise with a / an or the articles. Put "x" where no article is needed.

1-2. We have beautiful garden. garden is full of roses.

3-4. Is fencing popular sport in world? No, it isn’t.

5. I'd like glass of orange juice please.

6. Can you give me envelope, please?

7. Certainly. Oh! Where’s envelope?

8. Is there post office near here?

9. They’re at cinema.

10. My brother is in classroom.

SOME /ANY

Some - Positive
Any - Negative / Question

1. We need bananas.
2. You can't buy posters in this shop.
3. We haven't got oranges at the moment.

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 4. Peter has bought new books.
5. She always takes sugar with her coffee.
6. I have seen nice postcards in this souvenir shop.
7. There aren't folders in my bag.
8. I have magazines for you.
9. There are apples on the table.
10. Pam does not have pencils on her desk.

1. Have you got tomatoes?

2. There are exercise books on the floor.
3. Did you get the ketchup? No, they didn't have .
4. You should eat fresh fruit.
5. We had to wait for minutes.
6. Is there lemonade left?
7. They didn't sing songs.
8. Here are cornflakes, but there isn't milk.
9. I'm looking for good music.
10. There is no butter in the fridge. Let's go and get .

MUCH / MANY
Much - Uncountable nouns
Many - countable nouns

Decide whether you have to use much or many.

1.There is too water in the bath tub.

2. How brothers and sisters has Anne got?
3. I don't receive letters nowadays.
4. How rice do you eat per week?
5. I put too salt in the soup.
6. How people were at the party?
7. It doesn't make sense.
8. There wasn't traffic on the motorway.
9. My grandfather does not have hair, anymore.
10. How plates do we need?
11. Jane hasn't got time.
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12. Do you know words in English?
13. He didn't eat meat.
14. There isn't butter in the fridge.
15. How eggs did the hens lay?
16. Samantha has as money as Bruce.
17. How lessons do you have on Mondays?
18. There was too noise in the streets.
19. I cannot see stars in the sky tonight.
20. Do you have friends abroad?

FEW / LITTLE

Few - Countable nouns

Little -Uncountable Nouns

1. This president had power.

2. She spoke English. It was nearly impossible to understand her.
3. They got complaints.
4. I'm sorry, but I have time to waste.
5. He is lucky. He has problems.
6. They have interest in politics.
7. There's very communication between them.
8. children understood the difference.
9. We had hope that his sister would survive.
10. Very students studied Latin last year.

A FEW / A LITTLE

A Few - Countable nouns

A Little -Uncountable Nouns

Decide whether you have to use "a little" or "a few".

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 1. We had snow last winter.
2. people were interested in the exhibition.
3. I speak French.
4. There are students in the classroom.
5. She has relatives.
6. There is water in the pond.
7. The professor spends time playing tennis on Sundays.
8. We have knowledge of this phenomenon.
9. There are mushrooms in my mushroom soup.
10. animals can survive in the desert.

Decide whether you have to use a little or a few.

11. There will be rain this week.

12. friends are coming over tonight.

13. I need sleep.

14. Could you buy bottles of water for me?

15. My parents give me pocket money every week.

16. All we need is luck.

17. I would like to eat biscuits now.

18. There is still bread left.

19. My friend knows English poems.

20. There are birthdays to celebrate this month.

Exercise 1 - some, any, much, many, a lot of, a little, a few

Choose the correct answer.
1. There aren't car parks in the centre of Oxford.
2. Eating out is expensive here. There aren't cheap restaurants.
3. Liverpool has of great nightclubs.
4. Hurry up! We only have time before the coach leaves.
5. We saw beautiful scenery when we went to Austria.
6. There are a shops near the university.
7. It's very quiet. There aren't people here today.
8. There are expensive new flats next to the river.
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Exercise 2 - Determiners all, each, every, few, little, etc.

Choose the correct answer.
1. They were bored because there was to do.
2. We invited friends over to our house for a barbecue.
3. of the cakes had been baked the day before.
4. Sally didn't take photos when she went on holiday.
5. The teacher gave of the students a piece of paper.
6. Every one of sent me a birthday card, but none of them bought me a present.
7. Henry had idea what the answer to the question was.
8. I like many of her songs, but not of them are good.

THIS /THESE/THAT/THOSE

1. This seat is yours and seat is mine.

2. These are Bob's glasses, not mine. glasses are mine.
3 This is a cupboard and is a sideboard.
4. These cigarettes are shorter than .
5. Which road shall we take: this one or one?
6. That towel is dirty. Take one.
7 These tickets are for you and are for us.
8. are our models and those are our competitors'.
9. Give me ball-pen and I'll give you this.
10. Which line is longer: one or that one?
11. These are peas and are beans.
12 This cup is not yours. cup on the shelf is yours.
13. I want that book on the second shelf, not one.
14. Those scissors are rather blunt. are sharp.
15. This is a map of France and is a map of Spain.
16. Don't take pills. These are better.
17. This ruler is more accurate than one.
18. These are my new shoes and are the old ones.

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 19. Which scarf is yours: this one or one?
20. This dictionary is better than one.

Choose the correct determiner.

1. Could you bring me books I left in the garden?

2. sun rises from the east.
3. The doctor advised me to eat apple every morning.
4. There aren't students in the library.
5. I haven't got pictures in my bedroom.
6. She gave a cookie to child.
7. I've got to solve math problems before I go to sleep.
8. (With a bowl of cherries on your lap) cherries are delicious!
9. My mother doesn't drink coffee.
10. I always keep money in my wallet for emergencies.

POSSESSIVE DETERMINERS

Hi Daniel,

name is John. This is friend Jason. He's 12.

sister is nine. They have got a pet. pet is a budgie. name is

Charlie. Jason and I go to the same school. There are 450 boys and girls in school.

Jason's form teacher is Mrs. Peterson. She has got a pet, too. pet is a tortoise. Our form

teacher is Mr. Smith. I like lessons. He has two dogs. The dogs love to play in

garden. Now I have a question for you. What's pet?

something, anything, someone, anyone, somewhere, anywhere

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 1. I've got in my eye.
2. There is at the door.
3. We haven't heard about Peter. Is he ill?
4. Do you live near Mandy?
5. wants to see you.
6. Has seen my bag?
7. My teacher asked me .
8. Can I have to drink?
9. Don't worry. can tell you where the post-office in this town is.
10. I don't know about it.

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