Determiners Exercise for Class 9 CBSE

Determiners are words like some, any, little, few, much, many etc. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate determiner.

Notes

Use much with uncountable nouns.
Use many with plural nouns.
Likewise, use little with uncountable nouns and few with countable nouns.
Some and any can be used with both countable and uncountable nouns.

You can find another determiners worksheet here.

Determiners worksheet 1

Complete the following sentences using an appropriate determiner.

1. Have you got …………………….. oil? (some / any)

2. I didn’t do ……………………. work yesterday. (much / many)

3. How …………………….. eggs do you want? (much / many)

4. She hasn’t got ………………………. friends in the city. (much / many)

5. …………………….. money has been wasted on the project. (much /many)

6. You can drink as ……………………. milk as you want. (much / many)

7. Hurry up. We haven’t got ……………………… time. (many / much)

8. I could answer only …………………… questions. (a few / a little)

9. There is ………………….. milk in the fridge if you want to make tea. (a few / a little)

10. I haven’t got …………………… money. (much / many)

11. There isn’t …………………… rice left. (much / many)

12. There are ………………….. bright students in this class. (much / many)

Answers

1. Have you got any oil?

2. I didn’t do much work yesterday.

3. How many eggs do you want?

4. She hasn’t got many friends in the city.

5. Much money has been wasted on the project.

6. You can drink as much milk as you want.

7. Hurry up. We haven’t got much time.

8. I could answer only a few questions.

9. There is a little milk in the fridge if you want to make tea.

10. I haven’t got much money.

11. There isn’t much rice left.

12. There are many bright students in this class.

Determiners worksheet for class 9 | Worksheet 2

Fill in the blanks using an appropriate determiner.

1. He was here …………………… hours ago. (few / a few / a little)

2. There is ………………….. water in the bottle if you are really thirsty. (little / a little / the little)

3. He used ……………………. money he had to buy food. (little / a little / the little)

4. He got very …………………. votes. (little / few / fewer)

5. He doesn’t have ……………………… friends. (some / any / few)

6. Don’t invest …………………….. your money in stocks. (all / whole / each)

7. I have invited …………………….. of them. (each / all / whole)

8. He ate the …………………… pudding. (all / every / whole)

9. I like …………………….. of them. (all / whole / every)

10. ……………………… that I have is yours. (All / Each / Every / Whole)

11. ……………………… person needs love and attention. (Every / All / Some)

12. Where have you been …………………… this while? (all / whole)

Answers

1. He was here a few hours ago.

2. There is a little water in the bottle if you are really thirsty. (A little indicates a small quantity.)

3. He used the little money he had to buy food.

4. He got very few votes. (Use few with plural nouns.)

5. He doesn’t have any friends.

6. Don’t invest all your money in stocks.

7. I have invited all of them.

8. He ate the whole pudding.

9. I like all of them.

10. All that I have is yours.

11. Every person needs love and attention. (Use every with a singular noun.)

12. Where have you been all this while?

Class 9 determiners worksheet 3

Use many of before a pronoun or a noun with a determiner (articles, possessives or demonstratives).

  • Many people want to leave.
  • Many of us want to leave.
  • Many of the children didn’t write the exam.

All and all of can both be used before a noun with a determiner.

  • All the children have gone home.
  • All of the children have gone home.

Use all of before a pronoun.

  • All of them have gone home.

Both and both of can both be used before a noun with a determiner.

  • Both my parents are teachers.
  • Both of my parents are teachers.

Use both of before a pronoun.

  • Both of them have gone home.

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate determiner.

1. I have invited …………………….. my friends. (all / all of / either could be used here)

2. …………………. people are afraid of death. (Most / Most of / Either could be used here)

3. ………………….. my parents are architects. (Both / Both of / Either could be used here)

4. ………………….. of the guests didn’t arrive. (Many / Many of / Either could be used here)

5. …………………… them are here. (All / All of / Either could be used here)

6. He has lost ……………………. his money. (all / all of / either could be used here)

7. ……………………… us want a new system. (Some / Some of / Either could be used here)

8. ……………………… country was under water. (The whole / Whole / Whole of)

9. …………………….. them was there to help him. (None of / None / Either could be used here)

10. ……………………… us want to leave. (Many /Many of / Either could be used here)

Answers

1. I have invited all of / all my friends.

2. Most people are afraid of death. (Use most before a noun without a determiner.)

3. Both of / Both my parents are architects.

4. Many of the guests didn’t arrive. 5. All of them are here.

6. He has lost all of / all his money. (Either all or all of can be used before a noun with a determiner.)

7. Some of us want a new system. (Before a pronoun use some of.)

8. The whole country was under water.

9. None of them was there to help him. (Before a pronoun use none of.)

10. Many of us want to leave. (Before a pronoun use many of.)

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24 Responses

  1. Chirag Dubey says:

    the first question’s answer is wrong

  2. Aishwary Pandey says:

    Very good questions . But make other options in use.

  3. Prateek meena says:

    Achhi practice I have scored better so dont take any taintion

  4. Unnati sahu says:

    Easy to solve, but the chapter’s name sounds scaring

  5. Nitish saini says:

    Class 9th Bravia worksheet 61 determiners

  6. Venkatesan says:

    Can you give some more worksheets on determiners

  7. Ishan Bisht says:

    Thanks it’s very helpful

  8. Idk says:

    U stupid dumb Ur wrong the first question answer is wrong it is SOME

    • Manjusha says:

      In questions and negatives, we use any. Some is used in affirmative sentences. Anyway, you could use more polite language.

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