DETERMINERS: Practice Exercises Answer Guide

Use this guide to verify your answers for the Determiners chapter exercises.

A.1 Narrative Context Fill-in

(Gaps in order of appearance in the text)

• Blank 1: → many (or "some")
• Blank 2: → few (used contrastingly as "a few")
• Blank 3: → many (or "some")
• Blank 4: → many (or "some")
• Blank 5: → few (refers to a small encouraging number)
• Blank 6: → much (or "enough" / "some")
• Blank 7: → more
• Blank 8: → enough (or "sufficient")
• Blank 9: → many

A.2 Identifying Missing Determiners

• a) A Girl was sitting...
• b) ...here and there for a person...
• c) ...help her start the car...
• d) The Man who was running...
• e) Her for a few / some minutes...
• f) ...if no one comes... → ✗ (No determiner needed here)

A.3 Editing: Correct the Determiner Errors

• a) Once I visited a old palace... → an (vowel sound alignment)
• b) ...was in a jungle of Malwa... → the (specific regional jungle)
• c) ...and a palace was completely... → the (referring back to the same palace)
• d) ...hidden inside the tall bushes, both of its... → their (refers to the plural bushes/pillars)
• e) Pillar was completely destroyed... → Pillars (or change to "both of its pillars were")
• f) ...but the either eleven of them... → other (specifying the remaining count)

A.4 Sentence-Level Challenge (Few / Little)

1. I have few friends in this city, so I often feel lonely. (Negative sense, almost none)
2. Can you give me a little water? I am feeling a bit thirsty. (A small positive quantity)
3. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. (Idiomatic proverb)
4. The few students who attended the extra class passed the exam. (All of that small, specific group)
5. The poor man had little money to buy even a loaf of bread. (Negative value, practically none)

A.5 Distributive Challenge

1. Each / Either side of the road was lined with beautiful trees.
2. I enjoy reading every book written by this author. (Refers to the total collection collectively)
3. Neither of the two sisters is ready to take the blame. (Rejects both choices completely)
4. Each student was given a personalized feedback form. (Individual breakdown)
5. You can take either of the two paths; both lead to the station. (One or the other of two options)