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Question
From the following sentence, underline the Noun and encircle their Determiners that specify the noun in a noun phrase.
(articles/possessive pronouns/demonstratives or quantifiers)
He lost his voice for good.
Solution
He lost his voice for good.
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In this unit you will use the words which help to identify things – to say whether they are known or unknown to the listener, which one(s) the speaker is talking about, whether the speaker is thinking of specific examples or talking in general. You will also work with words which say ‘how much’ or ‘how many’.
There are twenty determiners in the grid given below. Encircle these determiners.
Articles
1. The building that I visited today is a museum.
2. A building in which antiques are kept is called a museum.
Working in pair, decide which of the following items in italics is definite (or specific) and which is indefinite (or non-specific).
Then complete the following sentence using appropriate articles.
- .............. Punjab, .......... important state of North India, has five rivers flowing through it.
Read this extract from a story. Fill in the blanks using a, an or the where necessary.
I drove on the Time Machine without changing .............. lever . At last I stopped; ............... sun was red and very large and ........... huge reddish
rock was there. ................ Time Machine, in which I sat, was standing on ............. sloping beach and I saw ................. sea stretch to ................ horizon, but without any waves. No breath of wind stirred and I began to breathe very fast and felt ................ oppression in my head. I heard .............. harsh scream and saw .............. thing like ............. huge butterfly. But as I turned to look around again, I froze. .................. reddish mass of rock was moving towards me. I realized that it was ................ monstrous crablike creature. I felt a tickle on my cheek, as though .............. fly had lighted there. I struck at this and caught something threadlike. With horror I realized that I had just grasped ............. antenna of ............... monster crab. In a moment I had pulled the lever. I placed ................. time of one month between myself and these monsters.
Ref.: The Time Machine
By H.G.Wells
You and your friend have been asked to help the quiz-master to prepare questions for a geography quiz in your school. You may choose topics from the list below to prepare your questions:
| continents oceans and seas countries deserts mountains lakes rivers and canals |
Work in pairs. Each pair should write at least five questions (and their
answers), e.g.
| What do you cross, when travelling from Europe to the USA? (The Atlantic Ocean) |
You may use an atlas. Remember what you have learned in B.4 about using
or not using the.
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When you have written your questions, your teacher wW organize a class
quiz.
Choose the appropriate option from the box to complete the given sentence.
He drove with ______Care [ much / little ] care and hence was fined by the Traffic Police .
Choose the appropriate option from the box to complete the given sentence.
______[ few/ some ] of the mango trees in their garden bear fruit twice a Year .
Choose the appropriate option from the box to complete the given Sentence.
My _________[another/ other ] sister is taller than me .
Choose the appropriate option from the box to complete the given sentence.
I spent _______[ the little / a little ] money I had.
From the following sentence, underline the Noun and encircle their Determiners that specify the noun in a noun phrase.
(articles/possessive pronouns/demonstratives or quantifiers)
These three books articulate his search for science’s Holy Grail.
