Determiners in English Grammar – Fill in the Blanks Exercises with Answers and Examples

Want to learn determiners in English grammar easily? Practice with our interactive fill-in-the-blank exercises, complete with examples and answers. This post is perfect for beginners and those preparing for competitive examinations.

📝 Determiners Exercises and Answers

Test your skills with these interactive grammar worksheets:

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📘 What Are Determiners?

Determiners (also called noun signals) are special adjectives placed before nouns to clarify what the noun refers to. There are several types of determiners in English.

📰 Articles

🔹 Indefinite Articles: a, an

Use “a” before words starting with consonant sounds.
Use “an” before words starting with vowel sounds.

Examples:

a book, a dog, an elephant, an apple

Special Cases:

a university, a European trip (consonant sound in “u” and “eu”)
an hour, an honor (silent “h”)

🔹 Definite Article: the

Used when referring to a specific person or thing:

the garden, the television, the car

🚫 Nouns Without Articles

When speaking generally:

Children like games.
Birds can fly.

Uncountable nouns (no quantity):

I like sunshine.
Put sugar in your tea.

With “the”:

Pass me the salt.
Can I borrow the paint?

👆 Demonstrative Determiners

🔹 This / These (near)

this house, these apples

🔹 That / Those (far)

that book, those people

🔢 Quantifying Determiners

🔸 With Plural Nouns

few, a few, many, several, both
- Few people have been to the moon.
- Several friends came with me.

🔸 With Plural + Uncountable Nouns

some, enough, a lot of, more, most, plenty of
- Some girls like football.
- Plenty of my friends have seen that movie.

🔸 With Uncountable Nouns

little, a little, much, less
- There’s a little rice left.
- Much homework is difficult to finish.

🔸 With Singular Nouns

another, every, each
- I need another pencil.
- Each house is painted differently.

🔸 Referring to Two Things

either, neither
- Neither sister has long hair.

🔸 Universal Use

any, no, no other, the other
- Do you have any idea?
- There’s no other option left.

❓ Interrogative Determiners

Used to ask questions:

What time is it?
Which color do you prefer?
Whose pen is this?

👪 Possessive Determiners

Used to show ownership:

my, your, his, her, its, our, their