SESSION 2021-22
CLASS – VIII
SUBJECT – ENGLISH
REVISION WORKSHEET 3 - DETERMINERS
Q.1 Fill in the blanks with suitable determiners. More than one answer is possible in certain cases.
(a) Do you remember ………of the questions asked in the interview?
(b) I know very ……about him.
(c) Shakespeare wrote ……… plays.
(d) ……… citizen should vote.
(e) She has not bought ………new books recently.
(f) …………one can go and collect the prize.
(g) I collected all the marbles but I think …………are still left.
(h) ………… watches have you got?
(i) …………trees were cut yesterday.
(j) These cheques can be deposited in ……………branch of the bank.
(k) ………… vehicle is parked in front of of gate?
Q.2 Fill in the blanks with a, an or the in the given passages.
a.__ Jantar Mantar may have fallen into disuse, but it remains b.____integral part of India's scientific
heritage. c.______Jantar Mantar in Delhi is often depicted in travel books, brochures, on postage
stamps and was d.____ logo of 1982 Asian Games. e.___ Jantar Mantar shows that f.___spirit
ofscientific enquiry was not dead in India and would have yielded rich results if only
g._____opportunity had been give to it to fructify. h._____Jantar Mantaron_I._ Parliament Street
remains one of the most intriguing structures of capital, one that evokes a burst of questions in_
j.___ mind of_k.__ inquisitive tourist.
Q.3 As much fun as robots are to play with, a.__ robots are even more fun to build. In Being Digital,
Nicholas Negroponte tells this wonderful story about. b._____ eight-year-old, pressed
during_c._____ televised premier of MIT Media Lab's LEGO/Logo work at d._Hennigan School.
e.____ zealous anchor, looking for a cute sound bite, kept asking f.____ child if he was having fun
playing with LEGO/Logo. Clearly exasperated, but not wishing to off end, g.____ child first tried to
be polite.
Q.4 Fill in the blanks using suitable articles, quantifiers, and demonstratives.
(a) ……very next day …… new manager arrived. He was ………ambitious, bad-tempered ……
man and ………of us took ……… instant dislike to him.
(b) ………… man standing by ………………… lamp post seems suspicious. I have seen him
………… times loitering around my house. I wonder if he has anything to do with ……………
robbery last night.
Q.5 Complete the following passage with ‘all’, ‘each’, ‘every’, ‘several’, ‘a lot of’, ‘many’ or ‘few’.
In some cases, more than one word will fit.
Once, there was a very rich man. Heworked hard and saved _______ money. There was a beautiful
lady who lived just two doors away from his house. She was a widow with ______ children. ____
morning, the rich man would steal a ____ glances at the widow when she came out in the garden.
One evening, the man decided to pay her a visit. He brought with him ______ presents, one for
______child. ________the children liked him and so _____ time he visited her, he brought presents
for the children. This went on for ___ months. Just when the man thought that he could propose to
the widow, something happened. A handsome strange man came to the town. He was not as rich as
the man. But somehow, _____ eligible lady of the town fell in love with him.
Q.6 Underline the possessive determiners and circle the demonstrative determiners.
Neelam: I am keeping this book in my bag.
Anita: But what about those books and that pencil box?
Neelam: I thought they were your books and your pencil box.
Anita: No, but maybe Ravi left them. They may be his books and things.
Ravi: Our discussion is useless. That girl sitting on the ground, left these The books and pencil box
are her things.
Since we know whose things these are, we'll return them to their owners.
Q.7 Insert a slash (/) at the place where 'a/an' or 'the' is missing and write the correct article in a
bracket in front of each line
(a) A thing of beauty is joy for ever. _____
(b) There goes bus. ________
(c) I am writing letter. ________
(d) I was hoping to find a new house. ________
(e) They were waiting for chief guest. _______
(f) She teaches French in school. _____
(g) I am going for walk. _______
(h) I am going to buy house ______
(i) Are you making excuse? ____
(j) I can’t sit through cricket match. _______
Q.8 Fill in the blanks with Demonstrative Determiners (this, that, those, these.)
(a) My paintings were better than ____ of Priya.
(b) I was looking for___ book all the time.
(c) “_____bananas are very sweet. Please give me one more".
(d) _____ tree out there is so big and beautiful.
(e) “_____is all I can tell you".
(f) _____dogs are mine.
(g) _____ is my house.
(h) _____book is his.
(i) ____boy in the blue shirt is my brother.
(j) _____is Akshay, my brother".
Q.9 Fill in the blanks with a, an or the.
Years went by, and ____Giant became ____old and feeble man. He could not play any more, so he
sat in____ armchair, watched_____ children at their games and admired his garden. 'I have many
beautiful flowers,' he said, 'but___ _ children are_____ most beautiful flowers of all.'
One winter morning, he looked out of a window as he was dressing. He did not hate __ Winter now,
for he knew that it was merely ____Spring asleep, and that _____flowers were resting. Suddenly he
rubbed his eyes in wonder, and looked and looked. It certainly was _____marvellous sight. In_____
farthest corner of _____ garden was__ tree quite covered with lovely white blossoms. Its branches
were all golden, and silver fruit hung down from them, and underneath it stood____ little boy he had
loved. Downstairs ran ____Giant in great joy, and out into____ garden. He hurried across grass, and
came near to _____child.
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