Worksheet No-(05)
Class: X
Student Name: Subject: English Date:
TOPIC: DETERMINERS
A.Fill in the blanks with appropriate determiners from the given options.
1. Ramu is ____ honest man who runs ____ small shop around the corner. (a, a / an, a)
2. Have you seen ____ Taj Mahal? It is one of the seven wonders of the world. (the, a)
3. Are ____ your books? Can you share them with me? (these/this)
4. Do you have ____ buns left? I need to buy ____. (any/few, some/several)
5. ____ of the students got ___ chocolates from the teacher. (each,some / each, any)
6. Is ____ book Alisha’s? I found it lying on the floor. (this/that)
7. ___ of the boys decided to visit ____ Selfish Giant’s garden when he wasn’t around. (enough,a /
some,the)
8. Do ___ of you like pizza? I thought of ordering ____. (any,some / some, one)
9. ____ of the boys were quarrelling over ___ toy. (both,the / each, the)
10. ___ car met with ___ accident nearby. (the,an / a,a)
B. Fill in the blanks with suitable determiners –
Once upon (a)___ time, there lived (b)___ man named Mahesh Das. He was well known for (c)___ intelligent
and witty answers. (d)____ people came from far away areas to ask advice on (e) ____ things. One day he
decided to meet king Akbar, so he travelled to Agra. But while entering through (f) ___ gates of the palace, one
of the guards stopped him. (g)____ guard said if Mahesh Das gave half of whatever he received from Akbar, he
would be allowed to go in. Mahesh Das agreed and went inside to meet Akbar. When Akbar asked what Mahesh
Das wanted, he asked for 100 lashes as his reward. Shocked to hear such (h)___ unusual request, Akbar asked
him why he wanted lashes. Mahesh Das said that (i)___ guard at the gate asked to give him half of whatever he
would get, and that’s the reason why he asked for 100 lashes. Akbar got very angry at (j)___ behaviour of the
guard and summoned him to the court. Once the guard arrived, he was not only given (k)___ lashes but also
imprisoned for five years. Impressed by the wit of Mahesh Das, Akbar gave him a new name, ‘Birbal’ and made
him a respected member of the court.
(C)Fill in the blanks with suitable determiners –
1. Give ____ books to Ravi.
2. He took off _____ coat and lay down on ____ sofa.
3. She didn’t make ____ mistake.
4. We had ____ tea , but there wasn’t ____ sugar in it.
5. Please, give me ____ rice.
6. ______ twelve of us have decided to go to London together.
7. You should not stand with ____ hands in ____ pockets.
8. Drinking tea is ____ ritual that is taken very seriously indeed by ___ Japanese.
9. I have already spent ____ rupees I had.
10. This is my book, but ____ one is yours.
(D) Insert a, an or the, where necessary-
1. They missed ………………….. 8 o’clock bus, now they have to wait for an hour for
………………….. next bus, so to kill ………………….. time, they bought a few magazines.
2. ………………….. policeman who caught ………………….. thief is ………………….. sincere
and hardworking person. He was awarded medal ………………….. for the act of bravery last
year.
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3. …………………. entire political system needs to be changed from ………………….. top to
bottom.
4. Sachin Tendulkar is ………………….. Bradman of India. He used to play …………………..
game of cricket with ease, nobody could match up to.
5. I bought ………………….. watch and _____wallet as birthday gifts, though the watch is working
fine,………………….. wallet’s leather doesn’t seem to be of good quality.
6. She was reading ………………….. book on ………………….. life of Mother Teresa who was
………………….. inspiration to all.
7. While going to ………………….. office, yesterday, my sister met ………………….. old lady
with ………………….. begging bowl in ………………….. her hand and she was in bad shape
too.
8. ………………….. Police are on ………………….. lookout for ………………….. thief who had
not only looted jewellery but had also taken ………………….. motorbike of the owner. He shared
………………….. booty with his friends and left ………………….. city.
(E)Fill in the blanks with suitable determiners. More than one answer is possible in certain cases.
1. ………………… workers are on strike.
2. There are ………………….. colours in the rainbow.
3. The subject of ………………….. speech was very interesting.
4. …………………. candidate deserves to win the elections.
5. ………………….. member of the group was wearing a black badge.
6. I could not finish my work as I had ………………….. time on my hands.
7. We have a get-together at our place ………………….. Sunday.
8. ………………….. child needs love and care.
9. Has ………………….. one of you been to Shirdi?
10. …………………. books that he had, he sold them also.
11. Can you please speak ………………….. louder?
12. Ramesh had seen that movie ………………….. times.
13. The children who are playing outside are always cheerful, look at ………………….. faces.
14. She bought ………………….. books at the book fair yesterday.
15. ………………….. people write English correctly.
16. ………………….. people have benefitted from meditation.
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