Determiners are words like some, many, any or few. Articles (a, an, the), possessives (my, his, her) and demonstratives (this, that) are also determiners. Most determiners are quantifiers – they denote a quantity or number.

Exercise

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate determiner.

1. …………………… the berries have been eaten by the birds. (All / Some / Whole)

2. He was sleeping …………………….. day. (all / whole)

3. He showed hardly ……………………. remorse at all. (any / some / no)

4. He showed …………………….. remorse. (little / any / no)

5. We haven’t got ……………………. money. (any / no / some)

6. We have got ……………………. money. (no / any / little)

7. He doesn’t have ……………………. concern for me. (any / no / some)

8. I ate very ……………………. food. (little / few / some)

9. ……………….. people were injured in the car crash. (Several / Much / Every)

10. The stock market crash ruined ………………. people. (every / whole / many)

11. Not …………………. the mad people are in mental asylums. (all / each / every)

12. …………………… creatures great and small inhabit the earth. (Every /All / Each)

13. His motto is work hard and save …………………… penny. (all / every / some)

14. She didn’t show ……………………. interest in talking to me. (any / some / little)

Answers

1. All; 2. all; 3. any; 4. little/no; 5. any; 6. little / no; 7. any; 8. little; 9. several; 10. many; 11. all; 12. all; 13. every; 14. any

Exercise 2

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate determiner.

1. We have received quite …………………………. applications. (few / a few / some / a little)

2. I visit my grandparents …………………………. few weeks. (all / each / every / most)

3. This year the town received ……………………….. tourists than the previous year. (few / fewer / less / lesser)

4. I knew very ………………………. people at the party; however, I had a great time. (few / many / less / fewer)

5. We haven’t got many cookies. We can’t have one …………………………….. (each / every / few / many)

6. We managed with ………………………… bit of luck. (little / a little / some / much)

7. We were surprised to find that she remembered ………………………… little detail. (every / each / a few / all)

8. I was working hard while she was having ………………………. the fun. (all / every / whole / some)

9. He denied …………………………… knowledge of the crime. (every / any / some / all)

10. My grandfather knows ………………………. person in our neighbourhood but I know hardly anyone. (all / every / each / whole)

11. I felt that our ………………………… movement was being watched. (every / each / all / whole)

12. In the western society , one in ……………………. three marriages tends to end in divorce. (every / each / all / any)

13. When you have …………………………. reason to be happy why are you looking depressed at all times? (every / all / each / whole)

14. ………………………. family was present at the meeting, yet Rahul was conspicuous by absence. (The all / The whole / all / whole)

15. She spent her ………………………. life travelling. (whole / the whole / whole the)

16. The …………………….. country mourned the death of their beloved leader. (all / whole / most)

17. She doesn’t have a care in the ……………………….. world. (all / whole / every)

Answers

1. a few; 2. every; 3. fewer; 4. few; 5. each; 6. a little; 7. every; 8. all; 9. any; 10. every; 11. every; 12. every; 13. every; 14. the whole; 15. whole; 16. whole; 17. whole

See Also

• Determiners exercise for class 10
• Determiners exercise for class 10 CBSE