Question

fill in the blanks with "determiners".

1. how ___________ chairs do you want.
= much/ many
2. the owner of the house is selling __________ piece of furniture.
= a few / the little
3. we can not hear _________ .
= anybody/somebody
4. ____________ doctor charge high fee.
= these/those
5. ___________ younger will reach daily today.
= my/mine/
6. this is _____________ best book of chemistry.
= the/a
7. _____________ person's can keep a secret .
= few/ a few
8. ___________ grain they had was demaged by the sea water.
= a little / the little
9. do you need _____________ assistance.
10. show me maps ___________ .
some/ any.​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. many
2. a few
3. anybody
4. these
5. my
6. the
7. few
8. the little
9. some
10. some

Answer 2

1. How many chairs do you want.

  he is asking for the count of chairs. So, 'many' is used

2. The owner of the house is selling a few piece of furniture.

    Furniture are countable things, 'a few' is used.

3. we cannot hear anybody.

   We can't just not hear somebody if our ears has problem then we    cannot hear anybody.

4.These doctors charge high fee.

   Some doctors charges high fee and some take less fee. So, 'These' refers to particular group of doctors.

5. My younger brother will reach Delhi today.

   Brother is a human. And we use 'my' when referring a relation between two humans.

6. This is the best book of chemistry.

    Best refers to the particular book. And 'The' is used infront of particular things which are non-existent anywhere.

7. Few persons can keep a secret.

   'Few' refers to a countable numbers in a negative way.

8. The little grain they had was damaged by the sea water.

9. Do you need any assistance

    Assistance can be of any types. So, there won't be some assistance

10. Show me those maps.

     'Those' refers to the things(plural) that are at some other place.

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