CBSE Class 10 English Determiners MCQs Set 01

Answer: (c) any

Explanation:
1. The sentence is a question about whether oranges are available at all.
2. 'Any' is used in questions and negatives.

Teacher's Note:
1. Use 'some' in positive statements and 'any' in questions and negatives.
2. 'One' cannot go with the plural 'oranges'.

Answer: (b) some

Explanation:
1. The mother's reply is a positive statement.
2. Positive statements use 'some'.

Teacher's Note:
1. 'Some' suits affirmative sentences; 'any' suits questions and negatives.
2. 'More' needs a comparison, which is absent here.

Answer: (c) the

Explanation:
1. Sahil means the particular keys both of them know about.
2. The plural 'keys' cannot take 'a', 'an' or 'this'; the definite article fits.

Teacher's Note:
1. 'The' is used for something already known to speaker and listener.
2. 'A/an' and 'this' go only with singular nouns.

Answer: (b) few

Explanation:
1. 'Pens' is countable, and 'the ___ pens she had' means the small number she had.
2. 'The few' fits countable nouns.

Teacher's Note:
1. Few/a few go with countable nouns; little/a little with uncountable nouns.
2. 'The few' and 'the little' mean 'the small number/amount that existed', all of it.

Answer: (d) little

Explanation:
1. 'Money' is uncountable.
2. 'The little money she had' means all of the small amount she had.

Teacher's Note:
1. Few/a few go with countable nouns; little/a little with uncountable nouns.
2. 'The few' and 'the little' mean 'the small number/amount that existed', all of it.

Answer: (b) a

Explanation:
1. 'Worried look' is singular and not specific.
2. 'Worried' begins with a consonant sound, so 'a'.

Teacher's Note:
1. Use 'a' before consonant sounds and 'an' before vowel sounds.
2. 'Giving a worried look' is a common expression.

Answer: (b) many

Explanation:
1. 'Ways' is countable and the sentence stresses a large number.
2. 'So many' is the natural phrase.

Teacher's Note:
1. 'So' is followed by many/much/few/little, not by 'more' or 'a few'.
2. The second sentence names one of these many ways.

Answer: (b) This

Explanation:
1. 'Novel' is a singular countable noun and the verb is 'is'.
2. A demonstrative for one nearby thing: This.

Teacher's Note:
1. 'Those' goes with plural nouns.
2. 'This/that' go with singular nouns.

Answer: (b) All

Explanation:
1. The blank is followed directly by 'the boys'.
2. Only the pre-determiner 'all' can come before 'the' without 'of'.

Teacher's Note:
1. All, both and half can come before 'the'.
2. 'Some' and 'few' need 'of' before 'the boys'.

Answer: (c) the

Explanation:
1. 'Lights' is plural and refers to particular lights known to everyone.
2. Plural definite reference takes 'the'.

Teacher's Note:
1. 'A/an' cannot be used with plural nouns.
2. 'The' points to something specific.

Answer: (c) an

Explanation:
1. 'Animal' begins with a vowel sound.
2. Use 'an' before a vowel sound.

Teacher's Note:
1. The choice of a/an depends on sound, not spelling.
2. 'An animal' here means one of many animals.

Answer: (c) Few

Explanation:
1. 'People' is plural and countable.
2. 'Few' (hardly any) goes with plural countable nouns.

Teacher's Note:
1. Few is for countables; little is for uncountables.
2. 'Few' has a negative sense; 'a few' has a positive sense.

Answer: (b) a

Explanation:
1. The next word 'pretty' begins with a consonant sound.
2. Use 'a' before a consonant sound.

Teacher's Note:
1. The article depends on the word immediately after it.
2. 'Few' needs a plural noun.

Answer: (c) those

Explanation:
1. 'Books' is plural.
2. The plural demonstrative is 'those' (or 'these').

Teacher's Note:
1. This/that are singular; these/those are plural.
2. 'Few books' would give a negative sense that does not fit an offer.

Answer: (c) Your

Explanation:
1. The sentence praises a particular dress.
2. A possessive determiner makes it specific: Your.

Teacher's Note:
1. Possessives (my, your, his) are determiners too.
2. 'Many' needs a plural noun.

Answer: (d) next

Explanation:
1. 'Shall meet' shows future time.
2. 'The next week' refers to the coming week.

Teacher's Note:
1. Ordinals like first, next and last are determiners.
2. 'The every week' is not correct.

Answer: (b) two

Explanation:
1. 'Cars' is plural and countable.
2. A cardinal number fits: two cars.

Teacher's Note:
1. 'Much' is only for uncountable nouns.
2. Numbers like one, two, three are determiners.

Answer: (c) many

Explanation:
1. 'People' is plural and countable.
2. In a question, 'many' is used with plural countable nouns.

Teacher's Note:
1. Many is for countables; much is for uncountables.
2. 'Every' needs a singular noun.

Answer: (b) some

Explanation:
1. 'Advice' is uncountable.
2. In requests, 'some' is used with uncountable nouns.

Teacher's Note:
1. Use 'some' in offers and requests, 'any' in questions and negatives.
2. Never say 'an advice' or 'advices'.

Answer: (b) much

Explanation:
1. 'Progress' is uncountable and the sentence is negative.
2. 'Much' is used with uncountable nouns in negatives.

Teacher's Note:
1. Much = uncountable; many = countable.
2. 'Some' is not normally used in negative sentences.

Answer: (c) its

Explanation:
1. The blank needs a word that shows whose value.
2. The possessive 'its' fits.

Teacher's Note:
1. Its (possessive) has no apostrophe; it's = it is.
2. 'An value' is wrong as 'value' starts with a consonant sound.

Answer: (b) the

Explanation:
1. There is only one sun.
2. Unique things take 'the'.

Teacher's Note:
1. Use 'the' with the sun, the moon, the earth, the sky.
2. 'A sun' would suggest one of many.

Answer: (b) an

Explanation:
1. 'Umbrella' begins with a vowel sound.
2. Singular countable noun with vowel sound: an.

Teacher's Note:
1. The a/an choice depends on the first sound.
2. 'These' needs a plural noun.

Answer: (c) The

Explanation:
1. 'Sahara' is the name of a desert.
2. Names of deserts take 'the'.

Teacher's Note:
1. Deserts, oceans, rivers and mountain ranges take 'the'.
2. Single mountains and lakes usually do not.

Answer: (c) a

Explanation:
1. Kolkata is described as one of many big cities.
2. A singular countable noun in a general description takes 'a'.

Teacher's Note:
1. 'The big city' would need a specific context.
2. 'A' is used for one among many.

Answer: (a) Plenty of

Explanation:
1. The sentence suggests a large number of people.
2. 'Plenty of' means a lot of and goes with plural nouns.

Teacher's Note:
1. 'Much' is never used with countable 'people'.
2. 'Both' refers to only two.

Answer: (c) few

Explanation:
1. The article 'a' is already before the blank.
2. 'A few' means some, used with plural countables.

Teacher's Note:
1. 'A few' (some) is positive; 'few' (hardly any) is negative.
2. 'A some' and 'a any' are never correct.

Answer: (d) several

Explanation:
1. 'Missiles' is plural and countable.
2. 'Several' means more than two and fits a positive statement.

Teacher's Note:
1. 'Much' and 'a little' go only with uncountable nouns.
2. 'Few' gives a negative sense that does not fit.

Answer: (b) the little

Explanation:
1. The milk is specific: the milk kept in the bottle.
2. 'The little' means the small amount that was there.

Teacher's Note:
1. little = hardly any; a little = some; the little = all of the small amount.
2. A specific amount takes 'the'.

Answer: (b) Both

Explanation:
1. The sentence refers to two people.
2. 'Both' is used for two people together.

Teacher's Note:
1. 'All' is for more than two.
2. 'Every' and 'each' take singular nouns and verbs.

Answer: (c) a, the

Explanation:
1. 'Red' begins with a consonant sound, so 'a red letter day'.
2. Superlatives take 'the': the best prize.

Teacher's Note:
1. The article before a superlative is always 'the'.
2. Check the sound of the word right after the article.

Answer: (b) some

Explanation:
1. Only a limited number of cases are meant.
2. 'Some' goes with plural countable 'cases'.

Teacher's Note:
1. 'Little' and 'less' go with uncountable nouns.
2. 'All' would be factually wrong here.

Answer: (a) Many

Explanation:
1. 'Many a' is followed by a singular noun and verb.
2. 'Many a flower is' means many flowers are.

Teacher's Note:
1. Many a + singular noun + singular verb.
2. This line is from Thomas Gray's Elegy.

Answer: (b) None

Explanation:
1. 'No' cannot be followed by 'of'; 'neither/either' are used for two only.
2. 'None of' fits a group of colleagues.

Teacher's Note:
1. Neither/either refer to two; none refers to more than two.
2. 'No' is always followed directly by a noun.