Fill in the blanks with an appropriate determiner.

Class 10 determiners worksheet

1. He has very ……………………. friends. (few / little)

2. My dad has …………………….. patience. (few / little)

3. There are ………………………….. apples on the tree. (few / little)

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

5. There were too ……………………….. applicants. (much / many)

6. You have eaten too ……………………….. (much / many)

7. They asked too ………………………… questions. (many / much)

8. Let’s get ………………………… rest. (some / any)

9. Do you have ………………………… friends? (any / some)

10. There is ……………………… water in the pond. (little / few)

11. We spent the …………………………… day on the beach. (all / whole)

12. She has hardly …………………….. friends she can trust. (any / some / many)

Answers

1. He has very few friends. (Friends is a plural noun; hence, we use few with it. He has very few friends means the same as He has hardly any friends.)

2. My dad has little patience. (Patience is an uncountable noun; hence, we use little with it. Little has a negative meaning. If a person has little patience, it means they have hardly any patience at all.)

3. There are few apples on the tree.

4. I haven’t got much money. (Money is an uncountable noun; hence, we use much with it. Much shows a large quantity.)

5. There were too many applicants. (Applicants is a plural noun; hence, we use many with it. Many shows a larger number.)

6. You have eaten too much.

7. They asked too many questions. (Use many with plural nouns and much with uncountable nouns.)

8. Let’s get some rest. (Some shows an indefinite quantity or number; we use it mainly in affirmative sentences)

9. Do you have any friends?

10. There is little water in the pond. (Use little with uncountable nouns and few with plural nouns.)

11. We spent the whole day on the beach.

12. She has hardly any friends she can trust.