Determiners Practice Questions PDF

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This document provides practice questions and exercises focused on determiners. It explains how determiners are used to specify nouns and give examples of various determiners.

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Determiners Today, you are going about to become grammar detectives! Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to uncover the secret agents hiding in sentences Look at these sentences. What is missing in them? What information do these words giv...

Determiners Today, you are going about to become grammar detectives! Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to uncover the secret agents hiding in sentences Look at these sentences. What is missing in them? What information do these words given us about the nouns? Do you know what these missing words are called? 1. _____ book on the shelf is mine. They are called 2. I would love to eat _____ apple. 3. Look at _____ beautiful sunset! Determiners 4. We don't have _____ milk left. Pair- Work Look at these sentences. With your partner, try to identify the missing determiners and complete the sentences. Think & discuss why you chose a particular determiner and when would you particularly use that determiner. 1. _____ pizza looks delicious! (the/a/an) Do you know which kind of determiners are being 2. Let's go for a walk in _____ park. (the/a/an) used in these sentences? 3. I have _____ question about the project. Articles (the/a/an) 4. I saw _____ interesting bird outside. (the/a/an) Credit: https://brainly.in/question/54347656 Recap Articles Pair- Work Look at these sentences. With your partner, try to identify the missing determiners and complete the sentences. Think & discuss what words tell us how much or how many of something. 1. I would like _____ slices of pizza, please. 2. We don't have _____ juice left. Do you know which kind of determiners are being 3. There are _____ students absent today. used in these sentences? 4. She invited ______of her friends to the party. Quantifiers 5. Is there ______water left in the bottle? 6. I bought ______books yesterday. Recap Quantifiers It's lunchtime at Park Middle School! The cafeteria is buzzing with activity. There are ______ students waiting in line for pizza. _______ teacher is helping to serve lunch. _______ student spilled his juice box, and _______ janitor is mopping it up. There are only ______ slices of pizza left! _______ students are looking a little disappointed. Maybe they should have brought _______ lunch from home today! Luckily, there are still _______ apples and _______ cartons of milk left. Pair- Work Look at these sentences. With your partner, try to identify the missing determiners and complete the sentences. Think & discuss how can one show ownership of something with words? Why you chose a particular determiner? 1. _____ book is on the table. Do you know which kind 2. We can use _____ laptops for the project. of determiners are being used in these sentences? 3. I like to read ______book before bed. 4. The cat chased after ______tail. Possessives 5. We built a sandcastle on _______beach trip. Recap Possessives The annual Pet Show is in town! Excited children walk (1) Fill in the blanks with either "it's" ______ furry companions on leashes. A fluffy white poodle (contraction of "it is") or "its" (possessive determiner). wags (2) ______ tail happily. A proud girl holds a sparkling trophy for (3) ______ first-place win in the "Best Costume" 1. The dog wagged ______ tail category. A nervous boy tries to calm (4) ______ shivering excitedly when it saw its favorite toy. Chihuahua before the judging begins. Nearby, a playful 2. Look! ______ raining outside. We kitten escapes (5) ______ carrier and chases after a ball of should grab an umbrella. yarn. (6) ______ owner runs after it, laughing. Meanwhile, a 3. The library has many interesting wise old parrot sits on (7) ______ perch, observing the books. ______ a great place to commotion with (8) ______ bright eyes. (9) ______ colorful spend an afternoon. feathers shimmer in the sunlight. Finally, after a long day, all 4. The car needs a wash. ______ covered in mud! the pets return home, tired but happy, with (10) ______ 5. Can you believe ______ already loving families. Friday? The week flew by! Pair- Work Look at these sentences. With your partner, try to identify the missing determiners and complete the sentences. Think & discuss how we point to specific things depending on their location? 1. _________ historical monument is truly awe-inspiring. _________ intricate stonework tells a story of a bygone era. Do you know which 2. While browsing the bookstore, I stumbled upon _________ kind of determiners hidden gem of a novel. It immediately captured my attention are being used in with its captivating first line. these sentences? 3. Can you pass me that red notebook on the desk? The blue one is mine, but I need _________ specific one for my notes. Demonstratives 4. Look at _________ beautiful flowers. Spring is in the air! 5. Can you pass me _________ box, please? Recap Demonstratives There's a mystery afoot at the museum! A priceless artifact, (1) ______ golden mask, has gone missing! Security cameras show a suspicious figure leaving (2) ______ back door just before the alarm went off. Museum curators are examining (3) ______ footprints near the empty display case. (4) ______ must be the culprit's! Luckily, a witness remembers seeing someone wearing (5) ______ bright red scarf near the crime scene. The detectives are following (6) ______ lead, hoping it will crack the case. Meanwhile, a group of tourists are gathered around (7) ______ Egyptian exhibit, completely oblivious to the drama unfolding nearby. (8) ______ mummies might hold some ancient secrets, but they won't be much help in solving this modern mystery! (9) ______ getting late, and the pressure is on for the detectives to find the missing mask before closing time. Will they be able to track down the thief and return (10) ______ rightful place? Describe any 3 minions in the picture on your left, using at least one determiner in your description. Time to practice! (Pair- Work) Each partner to do this: Choose one of the determiners below and read out example sentences with that word missing until your partner guesses which word should be in the gaps. They can only guess once per example and you get one point for each one that they get wrong. If you run out of examples before they guess the determiner, make up your own examples or give hints such as the meaning of the determiner. Task: Follow the given instructions: 1. With your partner, frame an email. 2. Use the graphic organiser below. 3. Choose one of the following questions. 4. Underline the determiners. 5. You and your partner will write this together. Let’s Rec ap

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