Determiners Worksheet for Class 8 CBSE
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate determiner.
Determiners are words like much, many, some, any, all, every, each, whole, both, few and little. Determiners come at the beginning of nouns or noun phrases. Some determiners are also used as adjectives.
1. I didn’t do ……………… work yesterday. (much / many)
2. They showed ………………… reluctance to admit us. (much / many)
3. She does not have …………………… followers on social media. (many / much)
4. There isn’t ……………….. water in the pond. (much / many)
5. Is there ……………….. water on the moon? (any / some)
6. I ate ……………….. food. (a little / a few)
7. ……………….. money is required to build a home. (Much / Many)
8. He earns ……………….. money than I do. (little / less / least)
9. Raju has eaten ……………….. the cookies. (all / whole / some)
10. You will feel better if you eat ………………. food. (some / any)
11. Don’t invest ……………….. your money in the stock market. (all / whole)
12. Not ………………. birds can sing. (all / every / each)
13. Not ………………. bird can fly. (all / every / each)
14. I talked to ……………….. student in the class. (each / all / some)
15. ……………….. student has submitted their work. (Every / All / Some)
16. ……………….. children were absent yesterday. (Some / Any / Every)
17. During the summer vacation, I spent ………………… days in Kerala. (a few / a little)
18. ………………… criminals are violent. (Few / Less / Little)
19. Not …………….. students passed the test. (many / much)
20. We cannot afford to spend …………………. money we have on gadgets. (little / a little / the little)
Answers
1. I didn’t do much work yesterday.
2. They showed much reluctance to admit us.
3. She does not have many followers on social media. (Use many with plural nouns.)
4. There isn’t much water in the pond. (Use much with uncountable nouns.)
5. Is there any water on the moon?
6. I ate a little food. (Use little with uncountable nouns; use few with plural nouns; a little indicates a small quantity.)
7. Much money is required to build a home.
8. He earns less money than I do.
9. Raju has eaten all the cookies.
10. You will feel better if you eat some food.
11. Don’t invest all your money in the stock market.
12. Not all birds can sing.
13. Not every bird can fly. (Use every with a singular noun.)
14. I talked to each student in the class.
15. Every student has submitted their work.
16. Some children were absent yesterday.
17. During the summer vacation, I spent a few days in Kerala. (A few indicates a small number.)
18. Few criminals are violent.
19. Not many students passed the test.
20. We cannot afford to spend the little money we have on gadgets.
