NCERT Solution Class 8th English Grammar – Determiners

NCERT Solution Class 8th English Grammar – Determiners

NCERT Solution Class 8th English Grammar – Determiners

English Grammar

Determiners

English Grammar With Answers

The Indefinite Article (A and An)

(a) A is used before words beginning with a consonant, and an before words begin¬ning with a vowel or with a letter h which is not sounded. The following are the main words which are spelt with unsounded.

(b) If a word begins with a vowel but is pronounced in the way as ‘y’ in yet, write a and not an before it.

a university, a European.

(c) A/an is to be used only before singular countable nouns.

a book, a city, an animal.
A/an should be used before the adjective if these singular countable nouns have an adjective before them.
a big city, a fine book, an ignorant person.

(d) Use a after the word such when it is applied to things which are countable.

I have never known such a cold winter.
Such a thing has never happened before.

(e) If instead of such, there is the word so, then put a after the adjective, just before the noun.

I have never known so cold a winter. (not a so cold winter)

(f) When a is placed before the word few. it changes the meaning. Few means a small number when more might have been expected ; a few means a small number when none were expected.

Few boys were present in the class. (i.e., I had expected more)
A few boys were present in the class.
(i.e, I had expected none, still there was a small number of them present) There is a similar difference between little and a little.
We have little time to spare.
(It means that we do not have as much time as we should like).
We have a little time to spare.
(It means that we are not so short of time that we cannot spare any).

Exercise 1

(Solved) Fill in the blanks with the where necessary.

1. The table was made of …….. wood.
2. ……… water in that pot is not fit for drinking.
3. ………. sweets we took after meals were tasty.
4. When do you have ………. breakfast?
5. Are you attending ………. dinner tonight?
6. Why do we wear ……. clothes?

Answer-

1. x (No article)
2. The
3. The
4. x (No article)
5. the
6. x (No article).

Exercise 2

(Solved) Fill in the blanks with a or an.

1. ………. man and ………….. woman were sitting before me.
2. During our holiday, we stayed at ………… hotel.
3. For our dinner, we went to …………. restaurant.
4. As it was raining, I took …………. umbrella.
5. On the way, I saw …………. elephant.
6. I am ……………… Indian whereas you are Chinese.

Answer-

1. A, a
2. a
3. a
4. an
5. an
6. an. a

Exercise 3

(Solved) Fill in the blanks with a or an.

1. Have you ever seen ………… lion?
2. Does Sohan have a ……….. car ?
3. Is there ……………. bank nearby?
4. There isn’t ………….. airport nearby.
5. Ram is …………… honest man.
6. He will return in ……….. hour.

Answer-

1. a
2. a
3. a
4. an
5. an
6. an

Exercise 4

(Solved) Insert a, an or the.

Once there was (1) ……. mouse. The mouse was always afraid of (2) ……… cat. A magician took pity on (3) ……… mouse. He turned it into (4) ……… cat. Now (5) ……… cat was afraid of dogs. So, (6) ……… magician turned (7) ……… cat into (8) ……….. dog and finally into (9) …….. tiger. (10) …… tiger began to fear hunters in (11) ……. forest. Then (12) ……… magician said, “Be (13) ………. mouse again. You are no better than (14) …… mouse at heart”.

Answer-

1. a
2. the
3. the
4. a
5. the
6. the
7. the
8. a
9. a
10. The
11. the
12. the
13. a
14. a

Exercise 5

(Solved) Fill In the blanks with few, little, a few, a little, the few, the little.

1. Just …………… persons were present there.
2. I cannot prepare tea; there is …………. milk in the house.
3. I have consumed ………… sugar you gave me.
4. ………… water of the pond will not last the year.
5. The class was not held as …………. students were present.
6. Don’t worry. I have ………… money in the bank.

Answer-

1. a few
2. little
3. the little
4. The little
5. few
6. a little

Exercise 6

(Solved) Rearrange the following words / phrases so as to make meaningful sentences.

1. it is easy / acquire / bad habit / to / a / very difficult / to live / bad person / with the / has it / who / but
2. I / never / a / known / have / such / bad time
3. coffee / let’s go / restaurant / into / have / the / and
4. dog / faithful animal / is / the / a
5. few pupils / right answer / only / gave / a / the.

Answer-

1. It is easy to acquire a bad habit but very difficult to live with the bad person who has it.
2. I have never known such a bad time.
3. Let’s go into the restaurant and have coffee.
4. The dog is a faithful animal.
5. Only a few pupils gave the right answers.

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