Determiners Worksheet for Class 9 with Answers – Free Exercises

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Determiners are words that qualify or fix the nouns that follow them.

Examples:

• Rohan kept some books on the table.
• This car belongs to us.
• He ate too much bread.

Types of Determiners for Class 9

Some of the important determiners are:

• Articles: a, an, the
• Demonstratives: this, that, these, those
• Possessives: my, your, his, her, our, their
• Quantifiers: some, any, much, many, few, little, several
• Numbers: one, two, first, second
• Distributives: each, every, either, neither
• Interrogative determiners: which, what, whose

Important Rules of Determiners

1. Use some and any to refer to an unspecified number or quantity. Generally, use some in affirmative sentences and any in negative sentences and questions.
   • There were some plants near the gate.
   • I would like to have some tea.
   • There aren’t any books in the cupboard.
   • The teacher did not put any notice on the noticeboard.

2. Use ‘much’ with uncountable nouns and ‘many’ with plural countable nouns. They are commonly used in negative sentences and questions.

• I did not drink much juice.
• There is not much sauce on the sandwich.
• How many brothers do you have?
• He has got many friends.

3. Use ‘little’ with uncountable nouns to mean hardly any or almost none. Use a little to mean some, although the quantity is small. Use few with plural nouns. Few means not many or hardly any.

I have got little time.

There were few people in the park.

Sneha can speak a little French.

He is going to Goa for a few days.

4. Use ‘every’ to refer to the total group, whereas use ‘each’ to refer to the individuals forming a group.

Every girl got a chocolate.

Every car had a sticker on it.

Each of the boys danced in the party.

I prayed to God each day.

5. Either means ‘one or the other’. Neither means “not one and not the other”. We can either …….or and neither……..nor.

Neither this book nor that book is interesting.

I have two pens. You can borrow either one.

Neither of my friends bought a new phone.

I bought two dresses. I will use either of them.

Determiners Worksheet for Class 9 with Answers for Practice

Exercise 1

Fill in the blanks with ‘some’ or ‘any’.

1. Have you got _________ money with you?
2. I am planning to bake _______ cakes.
3. Are there ________ sandwiches in the tiffin box?
4. Do you have _______ sugar?
5. I would like to have _____ juice.
6. The vendor hasn’t got_____ apples.
7. He added ______ sugar in the tea.
8. Rohan kept ______ books in the cupboard.
9. He hasn’t clicked ________ picture of the monument.
10. I solved __________ mathematical problems in the class.

Exercise 2

Fill in the blanks with ‘much’ or ‘many’.

1. He doesn’t drink _______ tea.
2. There are ________ cars in the parking area.
3. He hasn’t got _______ water in his bottle.
4. Sue bought _______ pencils from the stationary shop.
5. Ravi didn’t eat _______ food before going to school.
6. He read __________ articles in the newspaper.
7. She got _______ information about the businessman from the internet.
8. There wasn’t _______ traffic on the road.
9. He didn’t hear ______ music at the party.
10. Tina hasn’t got _______ luggage.

Exercise 3

Choose the correct determiner to complete each sentence.

1. I don’t like ______ sugar in my coffee.

(a) many
(b) much
(c) a few
(d) several

2. He has got ______ money in his bank.

(a) many
(b) a few
(c) a little
(d) several

3. They have got a ______ relatives in this city.

(a) little
(b) much
(c) few
(d) lot

4. I have read ______ article in the magazine.

(a) many
(b) an
(c) few
(d) much

5. There are ______ butterflies in the garden.

(a) much
(b) little
(c) several
(d) any

6. ______ candidate cleared the interview.

(a) Every
(b) Many
(c) Several
(d) Much

7. Two people asked for the address. I didn’t answer ______ of them.

(a) either
(b) neither
(c) every
(d) all

8. When my aunt was in Delhi, she came to meet me ______ day.

(a) every
(b) much
(c) several
(d) few

9. Last week it snowed ______ day.

(a) much
(b) every
(c) many
(d) several

10. Have you seen ______ dog in his house?

(a) any
(b) much
(c) many
(d) little

Answers:-

Exercise 1

1. Have you got any money with you?
2. I am planning to bake some cakes.
3. Are there any sandwiches in the tiffin box?
4. Do you have any sugar?
5. I would like to have some juice.
6. The vendor hasn’t got any apples.
7. He added some sugar to the tea.
8. Rohan kept some books in the cupboard.
9. He hasn’t clicked any picture of the monument.
10. I solved some mathematical problems in the class.

Exercise 2

1. He doesn’t drink much tea.
2. There are many cars in the parking area.
3. He hasn’t got much water in his bottle.
4. Sue bought many pencils from the stationery shop.
5. Ravi didn’t eat much food before going to school.
6. He read many articles in the newspaper.
7. She got much information about the businessman from the internet.
8. There wasn’t much traffic on the road.
9. He didn’t hear much music at the party.
10. Tina hasn’t got much luggage.

Exercise 3

1. (b) much
2. (c) a little
3. (c) few
4. (b) an
5. (c) several
6. (a) Every
7. (a) either
8. (a) every
9. (b) every
10. (a) any

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