CBSE Class 8 English Determiners And Articles Worksheet

Question. …………………………………. people participated in the program.
A. Several
B. Much
C. The few
D. Little
Answer. A

Question. We need …………………………… chairs for the guests.
A. little
B. either
C. more
D. some
Answer. C

Question. ……………………………. girl who answered the phone was a Punjabi.
A. A
B. The
C. That
D. This
Answer. B,C

Question. …………………………….. people came forward to help him.
A. Many
B. Nobody
C. Everybody
D. Somebody
Answer. A

Question. I wish I had …………………………. Money.
A. less
B. little
C. a little
D. more
Answer. D

Question. She told me that …………………………. yellow was her favourite colour.
A. a
B. the
C. this
D. No article is required
Answer. D

Question. You can take ……………………………. of these two bags.
A. many
B. more
C. either
D. some
Answer. C

Question. ……………………………… the guests have arrived.
A. All
B. Much
C. Enough
D. Some
Answer. A

Question. We haven’t got ……………………………… money.
A. some
B. many
C. more
D. much
Answer. D

Question. We looked for him ……………………………………, but we couldn’t find him …………………………….
A. somewhere, anywhere
B. anywhere, somewhere
C. everywhere, anywhere
D. nowhere, somewhere
Answer. C

1. Fill in the blanks with determiners given in brackets :

1. Do you have ________ good news for me (a, both).
2. Do you have ________ information about the lost child (any/ more).
3. Here is ________ water in the jug for every one (a few/enough).
4. I shall be going to Bombay for ________ days (much/some).
5. How ________ sugar did you buy? (many/much)
6. He takes milk ________ day. (each/every)
7. The cake was very tasty. ________ of the girls ate two pieces each. (most/more)

2. Fill in the blanks with suitable Articles (a/an/the).

1. We enjoyed our holiday. ________ hotel was very nice.
2. Jane is ________ interesting person. You must meet him.
3. You look very tired. You need ________ holiday.
4. Paris is ________ capital of France.
5. Can I ask ________ question?
6. London is ________ interesting city.
7. My brother is ________ soldier. He is in ________ army.
8. He is professor in ________ University.
9. Mohan is ________ honest boy.

The words a, an, and the are known as articles.
Articles are determiners and point out the noun. They are always placed before noun.
There are two types of articles:
* The indefinite articles as a and an.
* The definite article as the

USES OF ARTICLE 'A'

# Before common noun
Ex.-
a pen, a river, a girl, a table etc.

# Before consonant sound
Ex.-
a useful animal, a university, a hospital etc.

USES OF ARTICLE 'An'
# Before vowel sound ( a, e, i, o, u )
Ex.-
an orange, an hour, an eagle, an honest etc.
# Before abbreviations but have vowel sound
Ex.-
an M.L.A , an F.I.R. , an S.D.O. etc.

USES OF ARTICLE ' The '
# Before particular person or thing or one already referred
Ex.-
The lady whom I met on the way is no more.
# Before common noun in singular number which is used to indicate a whole class or kind.
Ex.-
The woman should be empowered.
# Before common nouns unique of their kinds.
Ex.-
The sun is the source of energy.

# Before Superlative degree of adjective.
Ex.-
Diamond is the hardest metal of all.

# Before the names of races or religions.
Ex.-
The Indian are proud of their culture.

# Before well known buildings.
Ex.-
We have visited the Hawa Mahal.

# Before the names of rivers, seas, oceans, gulfs, mountain ranges and group of islands;
Ex.-
The Ural mountains are in Russia.

# Before the names of holy books and newspaper ;
Ex.-
A) We read the Hindu.
B) The Quran is a religious book of Muslim.
# Before the directions.
Ex.-
Kanyakumari lies in the south of India.

OMISSION OF ARTICLES
' The' Article is not used in the following context :

# Before proper nouns;
( Names of states, cities, persons, mountain peak, days of the week and months of the year )
Ex.-
Patna, Sunday, Bihar, February etc.

# Before the names of languages, arts, subject, diseases; etc.
Ex.-
Malayalam, cancer, Hindi, painting etc.

# Before the names of material
Ex.-
Cotton, diamond etc.

# Before abstract noun
Ex.-
Honesty, health, beauty etc.

# before uncountable noun;
Water, tea etc.

Q.1 Insert articles wherever necessary
1) My uncle has acted in ..........one- act play.
2) Many children love to play............ cricket.
3) He found...........purse which he lost yesterday.
4) My uncle is..........M.L.A.
5) I saw a bag. ..........bag was new.
6) My saree is made of............. cotton.
7) ............earth moves round...........sun.
8) He plays ............tabla.
9) My birthday comes in............ October.
10) Rohan eats ........egg daily.

NOTE - Do this exercise in a separate copy or on paper.

Please refer to attached file for CCBSE Class 8 English Worksheet - Determiners And Articles