6.

Determiners
Exercise 1
Fill in the blanks with a, an or the.

1 ____the____ owl 7 ______the____ moon

2 _____a____ rocket
3 _______an___ apron
4 ______the____ sun
5 _______a___ page
6 _____a_____ computer
8 ____a______ Missouri River
9 _______a___ mango
10 _____an_____ animal
11 _______an___ eagle
12 _____a_____ baby

Exercise 2
Write a, an or the in the blanks to complete the
sentences.

1 There is ____a____ rainbow in ____the____ sky.

2 Who is ___the___ man outside __a____ gate?
3 ___the_____ doctor gave Jane _____an___ injection.
4 Paul opened ___the_____ door to let ____the____ dog in.
5 Mark is ______the__ only child in ___the____ family.
6 What’s ___a___ largest animal in _____the___ world?
7 There’s ___a_____ nest in _____the___ tree.
8 Sue is writing __the_____ letter to her grandfather.
9 Jack has _____a___ brother and ___a_____ sister.
10 We reached ____the____ top of __the__ hill in two hours.

Exercise 3
Fill in the blanks with the correct demonstrative
adjectives.

1 Come and look at ___these_____ insects.

2 Stop ___that_____ man!
3 I was in fifth grade last year. I am in sixth grade
_____this___ year.
4 Bring ____those____ chairs here.
5 ___this_____ ice cream is delicious.
6 Can you see ____those____ stars in the sky?
Exercise 4
Are the underlined words demonstrative adjectives or
demonstrative pronouns? Write DA (for demonstrative
adjectives) or DP (for demonstrative pronouns) in the
blanks.
1 This house has five bedrooms. __DA__
2 Who is that man? ___DP___
3 This is our school. __DP___
4 These are wild animals. ___DA____
5 That is right. ___DP____
6 What’s that noise? ___DP____
7 These books are Jane’s. ___DA____
8 Those books belong to me. __DA_____
9 These are donkeys. ___DA____
10 Those are horses. ____DA___

Exercise 5
Choose the correct possessive adjectives from the
box to fill in the blanks.

my his your her

its our their

1 Is this Jane’s dog? Yes, this is __her____ dog.

2 The dog is chasing ____its____ own tail.
3 Peter, is ____your____ father at home?
4 Rudy is showing ____his____ stamps to Ali.
5 I am going to ____my____ aunt’s house this evening.
6 We always keep ___our_____ classroom clean.
7 Children, have you all finished _____your___ homework?
8 The children are proud of ____their____ school.
Exercise 6
Choose the correct interrogative adjectives from the box
to fill in the blanks.

what which whose

1__what__ kind of animal is that?

2 __which_ runner is the winner?
3 __what__ is the matter?
4 __whose_ desk is this?
5 __whose_ handphone is ringing?
6 __what__ is your name?
7 __which_ twin is taller?
8 _which__ hand is holding the pebble?