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DETERMINERS:

Definition of Determiners - Determiners are those words that are prefixed before nouns
to determine their meaning. They can be divided into the following types:
1) Articles- a, an, the
2) Demonstratives- this, that, these, those
3) Possessives- my, your, our, his, her, its, their
4) Quantifiers - some, any, much, many, little, a little, the little, few, a few, the few, less,
more, ordinals (first, second, third, next, last etc.), Cardinals or numerals (one, two, three,
ten, hundred, thousand etc.) enough, most, several, all
5) Distributives - each, every, both, neither, either, other, another

1. ARTICLES:
The two indefinite articles in English language are ‘a’ and ‘an’. The definite article in
English language is ‘the’. For indefinite articles, you can use either of them depending
upon the sound of the first letter of the next word.
Use of ‘a’- In places, where the following word is a singular countable noun, and starts
with a consonant sound, the determiner ‘a’ is used.
Use of ‘an’- In places, where the following word is a singular countable noun, and starts
with a vowel sound (a, e, i, o, u).
‘Use of ‘The’-
The’ is mostly used before both singular and plural nouns. Its main function of use
is that it is used to specify a person, place or thing.

2. POSSESSIVES:
The possessive determiners in the English language are my, your, our,
his, her, its, their. These are used to show or determine the ownership
of a certain thing.
Few examples of Possessive determiners are as follows:
1) This is my bike.
2) It is their house.
3) That is your book.

3. DEMONSTRATIVE:
The demonstrative determiners in the English language are this, that,
these,
those.
1) The demonstrative determiner ‘This (Plural- These)’ is used to refer to a
person/ person or thing/ things near to the speaker.
Examples:
This is the best coffee I have
had. These magazines are
very good.

2) The demonstrative determiner ‘That (Plural- Those)’ refers to a person/


persons or thing/ things far from the speaker:
Examples:
 Get that dog out of the house.
 Throw away those shoes in the garbage.

4. QUANTIFIERS:
Below mentioned is the use of Quantifiers along with formulas and
examples-
i) ‘Some’
It is generally used in affirmative sentences with uncountable and
plural countable nouns
Examples:
There is some proof that he is guilty.
ii) ‘Any’
It is used in questions when you want to ask whether something
exists or not. It is also used in negative sentences where we want to
say that something does not exist.
Examples :
I don’t need any help.

iii) ‘Little’ and ‘Much’


They are used to refer to amount or quantity. Little is used to
emphasize that there is a small amount of something whereas ‘Much’
is used to emphasize large quantities. Both of them are used with
uncountable nouns. Little is also used in reference to a small amount
of something without any emphasis.
Examples:
I have studied very little for my
exam. Do you like to watch much
television?
iv) ‘Few’ and ‘Many’
These are mostly used to refer to a number. They are used before
plural countable nouns. Few emphasizes a smaller number and many
refer to more numbers.
Examples:
A few students came to the class today.
Many people went to welcome the Indian
Cricket team.
v) ‘Enough’
The determiner ‘enough’ is used before uncountable nouns or plural
nouns to say that there is something that is sufficient and enough
as much as needed.
Examples:
The hotel had enough rooms for all the guests.
They did not have enough storage to store all that they had
ordered for.

5. DISTRIBUTIVES:
They are also quantifiers, but some grammarians consider it as
a separate Category.
i) ‘Each and every

These two words have about the same meaning.

Each is used when it is used to refer to people or things seen as


separate individuals, and every to mean everyone that
together make up a group.

Examples:

 She wears a ring on each finger except the thumbs.

 The victims identified every member of the armed gang


who took part in the robbery.

ii) Either and neither

The distributive determiners either and neither refer to two


people or things and not more. Either and neither are used
before a singular noun as each of them refers to one item of
a pair.

Examples:

 Either parent will drive the children to the library.


 Neither one of them would give in until the other
apologized.

Classwork Exercise -

Fill in the blanks with suitable determiners:


1) house is not mine.
2) I have more files to complete.
3) She doesn’t like him .
4) Nidhi answered the questions wrong.
5) the girls had to carry their own luggage.
6) I shall not buy oranges. These are rotten.
7) I have bought cycle.
8) I drive 10 Kms day to reach my school.
9) We are expecting guests tonight.
10) of my answers were correct. So I passed.
11)Hello! is Nipun. Can I speak to Aman?
12)He spends time on video games.
13)What is your sister doing days?
14)I can speak Hindi.
15)He had built unique house.

Answers:
1) That
2) Some
3) Much
4) All
5) All
6) These
7) A
8) Every
9) Several
10) Most
11) This
12) More
13) These
14) Little
15) A

Homework –

1. Meg used ___ sketch pens to complete her project. (this/these)


2. I had ___ rice today. (enough/all)
3. ___ picture was painted by Picasso. (that/those)
4. The book belongs to ___. (her/hers)
5. Can you give me ___ notebook? (the/an)
6. Sam stood ____ in the class. (first/one)
7. Mave is ___ honest man. (a/an)
8. ___ students were called to the principal’s office. (any/some)
9. Do you know ___ scarf this is? (whose/their)
10. ___ Qutub Minar belongs to the Sultanate Period in India.
(an/the)

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