Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi 10th English Grammar Determiners

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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.


10th English Grammar Determiners


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