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� with singular nouns after the words what and such.
What a wonderful car.

Practice Time 1

Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles. Use  wherever articles are not 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.

Let’s Learn 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.

For example:
Determiners Demonstrative determiners can be placed before the nouns or adjectives that modify nouns.
This pen is mine. (singular – near)
O

That pen is yours. (singular – far)

O
These chocolates are mine. (plural – near)
O

Those chocolates are yours. (plural – far)

O
For example:
This old desk needs polishing.
O

Demonstrative determiners can be placed before numbers when nouns are understood
from the context. For example:

Those two are not as good as these two.
O
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