Determiners Exercise for Class 10 CBSE
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.
Can you use determiners correctly? Test your knowledge of determiners with this determiners exercise.
Class 10 determiners 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
Determiners exercise 2
The grammar and writing section of your Class 10 English exam will have some questions that test your ability to use determiners correctly. Students and teachers can use this worksheet at home or school.
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
