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Class 9 English Determiners Notes and Questions
Points to Remember:
- Determiners are words that come before nouns. They show whether a noun refers to a general or specific person, place or object and which or how many things.
- Determiners and nouns together make noun phrases; e.g. a pen, the pen, every pen, my pen, many pens.
- Determiners limit the noun by giving some additional information about the noun, e.g. ‘The pen’ refers to a pen, which has been mentioned earlier.
- A noun phrase may include both a determininer and an adjective. The determiner mayprecede numerals or adjectives : e.g. a young girl, a tall boy, all senior players, some responsible citizens.
MOST COMMONLY USED DETERMINERS:
Articles: a, an, the
Possessive: my, our, your, his, her, its, their
Demonstrative :this that, these, those
Adjectives and Pronouns of indefinite number or quantity: some, each, Ever,any,no,all,little,less,many,much,neither,either,enough,few,first,third,last,what,which, whose. E.g.
- Mumbai is a costly city.
- Some members abstained from voting.
- Our neighbour is very friendly.
- This language is very useful.
- All the students were punished for negligence.
(a) Use of Articles :
A or An
- ‘A’ and ‘An’ are used before a singular countable noun to show that it is not specific.
- The use of ‘A’ and ‘An’ is governed by the initial sound of the noun before which it is used
- ‘A’ is used before consonant sounds. E.g. girl, a man, a university, a unit etc.
- ‘An’ is used before a vowel sounds. E..g. an egg. An honest man, an elephant etc.
The
- The is used to show that the noun is specific. E.g. The first railway line in India was laid in Maharashtra.
- ‘The’ is used when the noun is preceded by a superlative adjective. E.g. the tallest, the largest etc. U.S.A. is the richest country in the world.
- ‘The’ is used for nouns that are common to all people. E.g. the sun, the moon, the sky, the earth etc. The earth is round.
- ‘The” is used with uncountable nouns if indicating specifics. E.g. The milk has turned sour. The water is not clean. If unspecific meaning is indicated then ‘the’ is not used. E.g. Water is an important component of our food.
- ‘The’ is used when we refer to whole group of people. E.g. the Americans, the evil, the good etc. The Americans are hard working and industrious.
- ‘The’ is used before names of government departments, museums, newspapers etc. E.g. The Ministry of Health, The Prince of Wales Museum, The Indian Express
- ‘The’ is used before names of oceans, river, mountain ranges, deserts, holy books, canals etc. The pacific Ocean, The Alps, The Sahara desert, The Ramayana, The Suez Canal.
- ‘The’ is not used before names of persons, continents, cities, holidays of the week, subjects of studies etc.
Determiners of Quantity:
Much, many
- Many is used only with plural nouns and to show a large number. E.g. There are many students in the class.
- Much is used with uncountable nouns indicating a large quantity. E.g. There was much noise (i.e. a lot of noise)
Some, Any
- Some and any show not a large quantity.
- Some is used in affirmative sentences. E.g. There is some water in the glass.
- Any is used in interrogative or negative sentences. E.g. is there any sugar in the house? There isn’t any sugar in the house.
Each, Every
Each and Every both indicate single units in a group.
- Each refers to individual member of a small group. E.g. Each of her four sons has a new car.
- Every refers to members of a large group. E.g. Every person above 18 years of age is eligible to vote.
- Sometimes both ‘each’ and ‘every’ can be used. E.g. Each / Every victim was given financial support.
All
- All is used to indicate the whole group rather than its components. E.g. All the students are preparing for their examinations.
Few, a few, the few denote numbers.
- Few means very small number, not enough and below expectation. E.g. Few students are interest in learning languages.
- A few indicates some number. E.g. Few students are good at English.
- The few indicates very small specific numbers. E.g. The few students who are good at English always speak in English.
Little, a little, the little denote quantity.
- Little means very small quantity, not enough and below expectation. E.g. He knows little about the matter.
- A little indicates some quantity. E.g. A little water is left in the jug.
- The little indicates very small specific quantity. E.g. He drank the little water that was left in the jug.
Question. A very close relative _____ has just arrived from a trip during which he experienced many interesting adventures.
A) to me
B) of me
C) of mine
D) to myself
E) for my own
Answer : C
Question. According to the schedule, the teachers have to come together _____ other week to discuss the problems of their students.
A) all
B) any
C) some
D) each
E) every
Answer : E
Question. Despite the huge budget deficit, ____ of local government spending is directed towards the private sector.
A) a great quantity
B) a good many
C) a large many
D) a considerable group
E) very few
Answer : A
Question. Astronomers suggest that there are two separate universes, one made out of matter, our own, and _____made out of antimatter.
A) the other
B) another
C) other
D) others
E) each
Answer : A
Question. The infection can spread easily in a school, where many young live in close proximity to _____.
A) one another
B) themselves
C) another
D) the other
E) others
Answer : A
Question. ____ which feels that the worm will help in securing the system while _____ is of the opinion that a worm is a worm after all and has to be eradicated.
A) Some / others
B) One / the other
C) Few / other
D) Many / another
E) One / other
Answer : B
Question. Some people with depression may have thoughts about hurting themselves or _____, and they may even think about killing _____.
A) the others / themselves
B) other / them
C) others / themselves
D) anothers / theirs
E) others / theirs
Answer : C
Question. There were Rangers fans throwing bottles and cans at _____ because the game was not on.
A) themselves
B) one another
C) other
D) each another
E) the others
Answer : B
Question. In neighbourhoods where residents are willing to help _____, children are less likely to be overweight.
A) another
B) one another
C) each other
D) the other
E) themselves
Answer : B
Question. Very few will have learnt of ____ before and he will not hang around long enough to make a name for ______.
A) us / ourselves
B) him / himself
C) themselves / ours
D) theirs / herself
E) him / its
Answer : B
Question. Before the gathering that night, there was _____ more clearing up in the house to do as usual.
A) a few
B) some
C) several
D) a great many
E) a number of
Answer : B
Question. Not only graduate but also undergraduate students find _____ in a troublesome position that can not be got rid of.
A) themselves
B) one another
C) them
D) the others
E) each other
Answer : A
Question. To ______ that are acquainted with them, they don’t appear to be an ideal couple.
A) nowhere
B) anybody
C) nobody
D) somebody
E) none
Answer : B
Question. American Indians often sold _____ land to white people or gave it away without realizing that it would no longer be _____.
A) theirs / them
B) its / them
C) its / its
D) their / theirs
E) their / themselves
Answer : D
Question. High cholesterol is one of the three major risk factors for heart disease. Cigarette smoking and high blood pressure are _____ two.
A) another
B) one another
C) others
D) the other
E) other
Answer : D
Question. With those scrutinising the election saying they found _____ widespread evidence of vote-rigging, there would seem to be _____ chance of the result being reversed.
A) a little / many
B) plenty / none
C) no / little
D) every/much
E) a lot of/none
Answer : C
Question. The experts use _____ different strategies to convince parents to send children back to school.
A) the number of
B) a number of
C) a great deal of
D) a great amount of
E) a good quantity of
Answer : B
Question. This year's whiteout of a winter has prompted _____ global-warming naysayer to crow about buying Al Gore a snow shovel.
A) some
B) a lot of
C) many a
D) none
E) little
Answer : C
Question. Discount retailers such as Aldi and Lidl have been charging for bags for ______ years.
A) a great amount of
B) a number of
C) many a
D) a lot
E) too much
Answer : B
Question. When an electron meets an antielectron, _____ particles vanish.
A) none
B) all
C) both
D) either
E) every
Answer : C
Question. It will be advisable to quit _____ alcohol and smoking during pregnancy.
A) each
B) every
C) all
D) a number of
E) some
Answer : C
Question. We have realized that _____ has brought _____ worths buying.
A) everybody / anything
B) somebody / nothing
C) anybody / everything
D) nobody / anything
E) anybody / something
Answer : D
Question. He sprang forward ____ metres towards the trenches but soon hesitated.
A) no
B) a few
C) a great quantity of
D) plenty of
E) quite a few
Answer : B
Question. Can our minds grasp the individual object as _____ stands by ______?
A) it / itself
B) ours / theirs
C) itself / theirs
D) them / themselves
E) theirs / ourselves
Answer : A
Question. He asked me _____ questions every _____ minutes.
A) several / many
B) the number of / other
C) less / a few
D) many / one another
E) a number of / few
Answer : E
Question. Both the Alliance elements in Afghanistan and the Shiite factions in Iraq had been recipients of Iranian support before the US interested ______ in ______ causes.
A) itself / their
B) them / its
C) theirs / some
D) its / theirs
E) it / its
Answer : A
Question. The experts use _____ different strategies to convince parents to send children back to school.
A) the number of
B) a number of
C) a great deal of
D) a great amount of
E) a good quantity of
Answer : B
Question. The artists of the Spanish Market work with many different kinds of materials. _____ weave cloth on looms. ____make their own pottery or carve objects out of bone.
A) All / None
B) Most / Half
C) Whole / Others
D) Many / The other
E) Some / Others
Answer : E
Question. It is true that we, all nations, live elbow to elbow with ______ all the way from the Caspian Sea to the western end of the Mediterranean.
A) another
B) each others
C) the other
D) other
E) one another
Answer : E
Question. In the play, the two players cannot see or hear _____, but they are seated at interconnected computers.
A) each other
B) one another
C) themselves
D) another
E) the others
Answer : A
Question. He asked me _____ questions every _____ minutes.
A) several / many
B) the number of / other
C) less / a few
D) many / one another
E) a number of / few
Answer : E
Question. Some people with depression may have thoughts about hurting themselves or _____, and they may even think about killing _____.
A) the others / themselves
B) other / them
C) others / themselves
D) anothers / theirs
E) others / theirs
Answer : C
Question. The merits of ensuring that the world’s poorest have access to the internet are questionable — ______ say it can help lift them out of poverty, ______ that the impact is marginal.
A) most / a great many
B) the whole / others
C) none / the others
D) some / others
E) each / other
Answer : D
Question. In December last year, the health secretary and five _____ cabinet ministers signed a concordat proposing a transformation of social care.
A) the other
B) others
C) the others
D) other
E) another
Answer : D
Question. As China and America ____ draw up military budgets with _____ in mind, there is the threat of a growing mutual suspicion that will be hard to ratchet down.
A) each / the other
B) both / themselves
C) the other / the others
D) neither / others
E) either / each other
Answer : A
Question. It's never too early to begin thinking and planning for the Silent Auction, ______ as a donor or consumer or ______.
A) neither / either
B) either /both
C) not / neither
D) either / neither
E) either / none
Answer : B
Question. As a child grows older, he becomes more convinced that science could do _____ or nothing to explain the world of spirituality.
A) few
B) little
C) some
D) a few
E) a little
Answer : B
Question. As for George Bush's calls for democracy in the wider Middle East, _____ Americans thought this was a good idea, but _____ thought it would succeed.
A) most / few
B) several / all
C) many / a lot of
D) plenty of / a great deal
E) few / no
Answer : A
Question. ____ which feels that the worm will help in securing the system while _____ is of the opinion that a worm is a worm after all and has to be eradicated.
A) Some / others
B) One / the other
C) Few / other
D) Many / another
E) One / other
Answer : B
Question. Under torture a person will say_____ his captors want to hear.
A) something
B) whichever
C) anything
D) nothing
E) each other
Answer : C
Question. With some families displaced for more than a decade, children born or raised in camps have _____ or ______ memory of traditional farming life.
A) little / no
B) no / any
C) more / less
D) few / fewer
E) less / none
Answer : A
Question. When an electron meets an antielectron, _____ particles vanish.
A) none
B) all
C) both
D) either
E) every
Answer : C
Question. There were Rangers fans throwing bottles and cans at _____ because the game was not on.
A) themselves
B) one another
C) other
D) each another
E) the others
Answer : B
Question. While consumers who obtain genuine products can improve their health, _____ who are deceived by clever advertising may lose their health, their savings or _____.
A) those / both
B) ones / neither
C) all / none
D) both / all
E) none / either
Answer : A
Question. This year's whiteout of a winter has prompted _____ global-warming naysayer to crow about buying Al Gore a snow shovel.
A) some
B) a lot of
C) many a
D) none
E) little
Answer : C
Question. For most of ______ who emigrated, the search for employment and a better life was almost certainly the principal cause of ______ departure.
A) none / their
B) ones / some
C) all / any
D) some / its
E) those / their
Answer : E
Question. She put forward two proposals, ______ of which didn’t make any sense to the participants in the summit.
A) a good number
B) all
C) neither
D) none
E) either
Answer : E
Question. Officials say _____ affected county has now been reached and rescue efforts started.
A) each other
B) both
C) all
D) either
E) every
Answer : E
Question. Not ____ of the changes observed in nature are damaging to _____ creatures.
A) every / whole
B) each / both
C) either / neither
D) none / all
E) all / all
Answer : E
Question. _____ number has an inherent power of analysis; it has also the power of synthesis because of the inner bond that connects all _____ numbers to the unit.
A) Every / the other
B) Each / other
C) All / some
D) No / any
E) Whole / many
Answer : B
Question. Having different types of businesses in a neighbourhood can increase _____ walking trips among residents.
A) a great amount of
B) a vast amount of
C) the number of
D) several
E) a number of
Answer : C
Question. In neighbourhoods where residents are willing to help _____, children are less likely to be overweight.
A) another
B) one another
C) each other
D) the other
E) themselves
Answer : B
Question. Until the 1980s, about 2 in ______ 1,000 people were thought to be affected by the disease.
A) each
B) other
C) more
D) no
E) every
Answer : E
Question. _____ product you buy should be a gateway to a personal sustainability practice.
A) None
B) Everything
C) Any
D) Several
E) Most
Answer : C
Question. There were ____ adventurers who were willing to fight in _____ cause if the pay were good.
A) several / some
B) many / none
C) some / any
D) a good deal of / few
E) the number of / most
Answer : C
Question. The scientists stripped the DNA from 19 human eggs and implanted in _____ a DNA-containing nucleus from _____ person's cell.
A) both / the other
B) every / other
C) each / another
D) none / others
E) neither / the others
Answer : C
Question. Physical dating violence affects almost one in _____11 adolescents.
A) several
B) other
C) all
D) every
E) each
Answer : D
Question. _____ commercial or recreational salmon fishing will be allowed off the coast of Oregon this year due to the possible extinction of the species.
A) Some
B) One
C) No
D) None
E) Each
Answer : C
Question. Discount retailers such as Aldi and Lidl have been charging for bags for ______ years.
A) a great amount of
B) a number of
C) many a
D) a lot
E) too much
Answer : B
Question. Police had no motive for the attack, and witnesses said they heard _____ demand for money or _____ else.
A) no / anything
B) any / something
C) some / anyone
D) every / nothing
E) a / anything
Answer : A
Question. Our brain is made of many parts, ______ of which has a specific function.
A) every
B) all
C) each
D) whole
E) many
Answer : C
Question. Istanbul is the biggest city in Turkey and one of the world's major cities, with around 6.7 million people in the city _____ and ______ four million in the area around it.
A) its own / other
B) themselves / the other
C) alone / others
D) one another / the others
E) itself / another
Answer : E
Question. _____ attempt to explain why humans think and behave in the way that they do will inevitably be linked to one or _____ branch of psychology.
A) Whole / others
B) Each / each other
C) Every / the other
D) All / one another
E) Any / another
Answer : E
Question. Under law, the manufacturers don't have to declare_____ ingredients.
A) whole
B) all
C) every
D) each
E) few
Answer : B
Question. At no time should you endanger yourself or ______ take _____ unnecessary risks.
A) the others / every
B) others / any
C) one another / no
D) each other / some
E) the other / either
Answer : B
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