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Test Yourself
I. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles. Put 7 wherever no articles are required.
1. The guards are looking for _______________ man to fill _______________ vacancy.
2. Water is _______________ universal solvent.
3. Is it true _______________ ant can lift 50 times its own weight?
4. My father is _______________ doctor at _______________ Metropolitan Hospital.
5. _______________ pen you gave me is beautiful.
6. _______________ Americans won _______________ match.
7. I read _______________ article on blue whales.
8. _______________ teenager is often clueless about what he or she wants.
9. _______________ anaconda is _______________ dangerous reptile.
10. I am _______________ student at _______________ Greenfield High School.
11. This is _______________ shirt I have bought for you.
12. Please fetch me _______________ glass of juice kept on _______________ table.
13. This weekend we plan to visit _______________ Qutub Minar.
14. _______________ tribals of _______________ India are known for their beautiful
handicrafts.
15. _______________ Suez Canal and _______________ Nile are both located in Africa.
16. ____________ Kingdom of Bhutan is a friendly little country in ____________ northeast.
Demonstratives
Demonstrative determiners are used to point out a person or an object, near or far from the
speaker. This, that, these and those are demonstrative determiners.
This and these indicate something near the speaker.
That and those indicate something far away from the speaker.
l This pen is mine. (singular – near) l That pen is yours. (singular – far)
l These chocolates are mine. (plural – near) l Those chocolates are yours. (plural – far)
Demonstrative determiners can be placed before the nouns or adjectives that modify nouns.
l This old desk needs polishing.
Demonstrative determiners can be placed before numbers when nouns are understood from the
context.
Those two are not as good as these two.
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