English Comprehension and Composition – Lecture 11

English Comprehension and Composition – Lecture 11 Objectives • Determiners and Practice Exercises • Articles and Practice Exercises • Prepositions and Practice Exercises

DETERMINERS FUNCTION AND CLASSES

Function Determiners are words placed in front of a noun to make it clear as to what the noun refers to.The word 'people' by itself is a general reference to some group of human beings. If someone says 'these people', we know which group they are talking about, and if they say 'a lot of people' we know how big the group is.

Classes of Determiners • Definite and Indefinite articlesthe, a, an • Demonstrativesthis, that, these, those • Possessivesmy, your, his, her, its, our, their • Quantifiersa few, a little, much, many, a lot of, most, some, any, enough, etc. • Numbersone, ten, thirty, etc. • Distributivesall, both, half, either, neither, each, every • Difference wordsother, another • Question wordsWhich, what, whose • Defining wordswhich, whose

Fill in the correct determiner. • Could you bring me ___ (this, these, that, those) books I left in the garden? • ____ (The, A, An) sun rises from the east. • The doctor advised me to eat ____ (the, a, an) apple every morning. • There aren't _____ (much, many, a lot) students in the library. • I haven't got ____ (some, any, many) pictures in my bedroom. • She gave a cookie to ____ (a, an , the) child. • I've got to solve ____ (any, some, all) math problems before I go to sleep. • (With a bowl of cherries on your lap) _____ (this, these, that , those) cherries are delicious! • My mother doesn't drink ____ (much, many, a lot) coffee. • I always keep ____ (any, every, some) money in my wallet for emergencies

Fill in the blank with the correct word: 1. I have three winter coats, but ________ of them are new. (neither, none)2. There are two umbrellas here, but _________ of them is mine. (neither, none)3. He owns twelve cows. _______ of them are Jerseys. (All, Both)4. She has painted dozens of pictures. Have you seen ________ of them? (any, either)5. Amy and Beth are twins. They _______ play the guitar. (all, both)6. Two people said "Hello" to me, but I did not recognize ________ of them. (any, either)7. My wife and I _______ enjoy classical music. (all, both)8. I found all of the questions difficult. Did you answer ________ of them correctly? (any, either)9. I asked six different people, but ________ of them knew where Walnut Street was. (neither, none)

10. My friends and I would like to thank you for your hospitality. We _______ enjoyed ourselves very much. (all, both) 11. There are two public libraries in the city, but ________ of them is located close to where I live. (neither, none)12. Two wrist watches were left here. Is _________ of them yours? (any, either)13. He has three nephews. ________ of them have graduated from university. (All, Both)14. I have two violins. You are welcome to use ________ of them. (any, either)15. My aunt and uncle are _______ coming for a visit. (all, both)16. George and Tom like playing chess together, but _________ of them likes to lose a game. (neither, none)17. The bush is covered with blueberries. Are ________ of them ripe yet? (any, either)18. I have read five books on the subject, but ________ of them were very helpful. (neither, none)

Fill in the blank with another, other, others or else 1. I want to borrow ___________ book from the library.2. Three people moved out, and two ____________ moved in.3. Who ___________ knows the secret?4. There are several ____________ possibilities.5. Where ____________ should I look?6. Some students enjoyed the film, but ____________ did not.7. He lives on the ____________ side of the lake.8. I have _____________ idea.9. ____________ people soon followed her example.10. Do you know anyone ____________ here?11. We are going to move to ___________ city.12. Some birds feed on insects, while ____________ eat berries.13. Somebody ____________ should have a turn now.14. Few ____________ people attended the ceremony.15. You may borrow this eraser. I have several ____________16. What ____________ have you decided?

Fill in the blank with such, so or too, as appropriate. 1. She sang ________ soothing lullabies that the baby was soon asleep.2. He owned ________ many books that his walls were lined with bookcases.3. The boys were _______ excited to sit still.4. He has ________ varied interests, one never knows what he will do next.5. They have ________ few enemies, they are accepted wherever they go.6. The snow was ________ deep for us to walk across the field.7. Yesterday I walked ________ far that I fell asleep immediately after supper.8. I had ________ a good time at the party, I did not want to leave.9. I see her ________ often that I feel I know her quite well.10. The visibility was ________ poor for the mountains to be seen.11. This is ________ an interesting book, I stayed up all night to read it.12. This puzzle is ________ easy that a child could do it.13. There was ________ much traffic, I could not cross the street.14. She was ________ tired to watch the video.15. They have _______ little furniture, it will be easy for them to move.

Articles

Fill in the article a, an or the where necessary. Choose x where no article is used. 1) I like _____ blue T-shirt over there better than _____red one. 2) Their car does 150 miles ____hour. 3) Where's ____USB drive I lent you last week? 4) Do you still live in _____Bristol? 5) Is your mother working in ____old office building? 6) Carol's father works as ___electrician. 7) The tomatoes are 99 pence ____kilo. 8) What do you usually have for ___breakfast? 9) Ben has _____terrible headache. 10) After this tour you have ____ whole afternoon free to explore the city.

Decide whether to use the definite article ‘the’ or not. If you do not need it use X. 1) My grandmother likes ____flowers very much. 2) I love ___flowers in your garden. 3) See you on ____Wednesday. 4) I always listen to ____radio in the morning. 5) Alex goes to work by ____ bus. 6) Don't be late for ____school. 7) Listen! Dennis is playing _____ trumpet. 8) We often see our cousins over ____ Easter. 9) She has never been to ____Alps before. 10) What about going to Australia in ____ February?

Insert indefinite articles ‘a’ or ‘an’ to fill the blanks. 1) Lucy has ____dog. 2) Let's sing ____song. 3) Emily needs ____new desk in her room. 4) I need ____blue pen. 5) Ben has ____old bike. 6) Peter has _____aunt in Berlin. 7) We listen to _____English CD. 8) She has ____exercise book in her school bag. 9) The speed of this car was 160 miles _____hour. 10) They finished _____unit.

Recap • Determiners and Practice Exercises • Articles and Practice Exercises

References • http://www.ingilizceci.net/GrammarMaryAns/Yeni%20Klas%F6r/gramex20.html#9 • http://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/determinertext.htm • http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/prepositions.htm

English Comprehension and Composition – Lecture 11