Chap. 06, Determiners, Class V, English Practice Book, DAV Board, The Best Solutions.

Worksheet I

Sanjeev Kapoor, the famous chef, is presenting his latest mouthwatering recipe on his favourite cookery show-Khana Khazana. Read it carefully if you want to learn how to make a delicious ‘Yum-Yum Sago Upma’.

Ingredients:

  • Some flour
  • A few eggs
  • Plenty of sugar
  • Much cocoa powder
  • Some butter
  • A few teaspoons of baking powder

Method:

  1. Mix some flour with much cocoa powder in a bowl.
  2. Beat a few eggs with plenty of sugar until fluffy.
  3. Add some melted butter and a few teaspoons of baking powder to the mixture.
  4. Combine all ingredients and bake for 30 minutes at 180°C.

Worksheet Il

Put ‘many’ or ‘much’ before the following words.

  1. Many books (countable)
  2. Much milk (uncountable)
  3. Much coffee (uncountable)
  4. Many cows (countable)
  5. Much information (uncountable)
  6. Many carrots (countable)
  7. Much food (uncountable)
  8. Many children (countable)
  9. Many cars (countable)
  10. Much rice (uncountable)
  11. Many chairs (countable)
  12. much works (countable)

Many books (countable)

Much milk (uncountable)

Many cows (countable)

Much coffee (uncountable)

Many carrots (countable)

Much information (uncountable)

Many children (countable)

Much food (uncountable)

Many cars (countable)

Much rice (uncountable)

Many chairs (countable)

much works (countable)

Worksheet III

Imagine your mother is busy for a party and you have to go to the store to do some shopping. The following leaflet tells you what all is available at the store. On your diary page given below, pen down everything that you need from there.

Shopping Time

 

A few bank stationary,

A few Towels

a lot of chocolate for dessert.

plenty of juice for the guests,

some balloons for decoration,

some sheets for table,

a few tomato puree chips for snacks,

many paper plates for serving food,

In the A.3 ‘A True Friend’ (Unit-Sports) of My English Reader, even though Rahul has become a good student, he has not changed his eating habits. Study carefully the sweets and junk food eaten by Rahul in the year 2014 compared to the year 2013.

  1. Rahul ate more toffees in 2022 than in 2021.
  2. Rahul consumed much chocolate in 2022, unlike the small amount in 2021.
  3. He ate a few cakes in 2022 than in 2021.
  4. Rahul ate the same number of lays in both 2021 and 2022.
  5. There were plenty of icecreams eaten by Rahul in 2022 compared to just a few in 2021.

 

Do It Yourself

  1. Circle the Correct Answer:

(a) There aren’t (many, much) people on the road.
Answer: Many (people is countable).
(b) There are a (few, little) newspapers on the table.
Answer: Few (newspapers is countable).
(c) There are (plenty of, some) mangoes available in the summer season.
Answer: Plenty of (implies a large quantity of countable mangoes).
(d) (A lot of, More) people gathered at the accident site.
Answer: A lot of (indicates a large quantity of countable people).

  1. Read the letter that Ritu has written to her parents from Kashmir. She has forgotten to fill in some parts of the letter. Help her to complete the letter.

Completed Letter:

Room No. 17
Lake View Hotel
Srinagar, Kashmir
8 September 2014

Dear Mummy,
Hello! Kashmir is a beautiful place. There are many good places worth visiting. The Dal Lake is more beautiful than I had thought. There are plenty of hotels but very few are good enough to stay in. I have made some friends here. Rest when I reach home.

Your loving daughter,
Ritu

  1. Fill in the Blanks with ‘Many’ or ‘Much’:

(a) Many books are scattered on the floor. (Books are countable.)
(b) There isn’t much milk left in the container. (Milk is uncountable.)
(c) The farmer has many horses in his stable. (Horses are countable.)
(d) Much information about his whereabouts. (Information is uncountable.)
(e) We need many chairs for the party. (Chairs are countable.)

 

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