INDIAN SCHOOL MUSCAT MIDDLE SECTION DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH DETERMINERS CLASS VIII_____ NAME____________________ ROLL NO.___________ DATE______ Fill in the blanks using the correct determiners. (most, little,another,each,many,few,any,much,either,some,neither,both,less,several) 1. There aren’t_______________flowering plants in our garden 2. They say ______________knowledge is a dangerous thing. 3.__________people agree with me. 4.____________people can afford a home these days. 5. She earns _____________money than I do. 6. ______________ of the information proved to be outdated. 7. I didn’t use ____________ fertilizer last spring. 8. She had a child holding on to ____________hand. 9. Have you got _____________sugar? 10. _____________ books were stolen from the library. 11.________________team wanted to lose. 12. I have viewed both houses but I don’t like ________________ one very much. 13. The children are walking with ____________ parents. 14. Would you like _____________ glass of wine?
Fill in the blanks with possessive determiners. (my, his, your, our, her, their) _______ nameis John. This is______ friend Jason. He's 12. ___________sister is nine. They have got a pet. ___________ pet is a budgie. _____________name is Charlie. Jason and I go to the same school. There are 450 boys and girls in ____________school. Jason's form teacher is Mrs. Peterson. She has got a pet, too. _____________ pet is a tortoise. Our form teacher is Mr. Smith. I like ____________ lessons. He
has
two
dogs.
The
dogs
love
to
play
in___________ garden.
Fill in the blanks with suitable articles. a) Helen looked in i) ____________ cupboard in ii) ____________ kitchen for iii) ___________ tablecloth to put on iv) ____________ dining table. b) Everybody came in and sat down at i) ____________ table. They talked about ii) ____________ things they had done during iii) ______________ day. Jane had been working on iv) ____________ project at school. c) Who is i) __________ fastest runner in school? Surely, it is ii) __________ boy who lives down iii) ___________ lane. He is indeed iv) ___________ marvel. In the following passage, one word (determiner) has been omitted in each line. Write the missing word along into the word that comes before and the word that comes after it. old king who had
a) _______________
daughters wanted to know
b) _______________
exactly how they loved him.
c) _______________
Two older daughters declared
d) _______________
that they loved him very.
e) _______________
Youngest simply said,
f) _______________
she loved him according to duty
g) _______________
Immediately king
h) _______________
divided kingdom between
i)__________________
his two elder daughters.
Rearrange the following words and phrases to form meaningful sentences. 1. of mankind / the habit / reading is / one of / resources / of / the greatest / 2. light up/ in every home/ good/the lamp/ books/ magazines/ and/ of knowledge
