Share the Meaning: Mastering Distributive Determiners for Grade 6 

This Grade 6 worksheet helps students master distributive determiners — words like each, every, either, and neither — that refer to individual members of a group or present choices between two options. Through multiple-choice questions, fill-in-the-blanks, true/false statements, sentence corrections, and paragraph editing, learners understand when to use each determiner correctly and avoid common errors like subject-verb agreement mistakes. 

Why Distributive Determiners Matter in Grammar? 

Distributive determiners help students express precise meanings about individuals, groups, and choices. For Grade 6 learners, this topic is important because: 
1. "Each" refers to individual members of a group (two or more) and takes a singular verb. 
2. "Every" refers to all members of a group collectively and takes a singular verb. 
3. "Either" means one or the other between two options. 
4. "Neither" means not one nor the other between two options. 
5. Mastering these determiners eliminates common errors like "Each of the students have" (incorrect) vs. "Each of the students has" (correct). 

What’s Inside This Worksheet? 

This worksheet includes five engaging activities that build fluency with distributive determiners: 

🧠 Exercise 1 – Multiple Choice Questions 
Students read 10 sentences and choose the correct distributive determiner (each, every, either, neither) to complete each sentence. 

✏️ Exercise 2 – Fill in the Blanks 
Students complete 10 sentences by filling in the correct distributive determiner based on context and meaning. 

📋 Exercise 3 – True or False 
Students read 10 statements about distributive determiner rules (e.g., "Every takes a plural verb") and mark them as true or false. 

🔤 Exercise 4 – Correct the Distributive Determiner Error 
Each sentence contains an error involving distributive determiner usage or subject-verb agreement. Students rewrite the sentence correctly. 

📝 Exercise 5 – Paragraph Editing (Distributive Determiner Focus) 
Students read a paragraph about a class preparing for a field trip and correct all errors related to distributive determiner usage. 

Help your child stop making subject-verb agreement errors with "each" and "every" and start using distributive determiners with confidence. 

🔹 Answer Key 

Exercise 1 – Multiple Choice Questions 
1. a) Each 
2. a) Either 
3. b) Neither 
4. b) Each 
5. b) Every 
6. a) Neither 
7. b) Either 
8. b) Every 
9. a) Each 
10. a) Either 

Exercise 2 – Fill in the Blanks 
1. Neither 
2. Every 
3. either 
4. Each 
5. Every 
6. either 
7. Neither 
8. Every 
9. Either 
10. either 

Exercise 3 – True or False 
1. False ("Every" takes a singular verb, not plural) 
2. True 
3. True 
4. True 
5. True 
6. True 
7. True 
8. False ("Either" is used only for two things, not more than two) 
9. True 
10. True 

Exercise 4 – Correct the Distributive Determiner Error 
1. Neither of the girls is present. 
2. Each of the students has a pencil. 
3. Every one of the students is ready to present. (or "Every student is ready to present") 
4. Either of the two books was missing. 
5. Neither of the options is correct. (already correct) 
6. Every one of the students needs to submit the form. (or "Every student needs to submit the form") 
7. Either of the two teams has won. 
8. Each of the girls was given a trophy. 
9. Every one of the children was excited about the trip. (or "Every child was excited about the trip") 
10. Neither of the dogs was allowed inside. 

Exercise 5 – Paragraph Editing (Corrected version) 
Each student in the class was excited about the upcoming field trip. The teacher explained that every student needed to bring their permission slip by the end of the day. The students had either forgotten their slips or didn't have them signed yet. The teacher reminded them that neither of the two buses would wait for those who didn't bring their forms. Every one of the students quickly understood the importance of the permission slip and immediately went to remind their parents. As the class continued to prepare for the trip, each student helped clean the classroom. At the end of the lesson, the teacher told them that either the students who had finished their work could stay for extra activities, or they could go home early. In the end, neither of the two groups of students felt left out because they all worked together to finish their tasks. 

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