LESSON ON DETERMINER PART1 A determiner is a

There are four different types of determiners in English: • Articles, • Demonstratives, •

Articles • • Articles are among the most common of the determiners. There are

Demonstratives • Demonstrative pronouns are also used as determiners in English. There are four

Quantifiers are determiners that indicate how much or how little of the noun is

Possessives When referring to a noun that belongs to someone or something, you can

IMPORTANT POINTS • Determiners always come first in the noun phrase. • Determiners are

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LESSON ON DETERMINER (PART-1) A determiner is a word that introduces a noun. It always comes before a noun, not after, and it also comes before any other adjectives used to describe the noun.

There are four different types of determiners in English: • Articles, • Demonstratives, • Quantifiers, • Possessives.

Articles • • Articles are among the most common of the determiners. There are three singular articles: a, and the A and an are indefinite articles (used when you are talking about a general version of the noun) For example: A dog is a good pet. An ostrich would beat a chicken in a race. the is a definite article, (refers to a specific noun) For example: We went to the best restaurant in town. The dog is barking too loudly.

Demonstratives • Demonstrative pronouns are also used as determiners in English. There are four of them: this, that, these and those. For example: • Do you want this piece of chicken? • I don't want to go to that movie. • These black raspberries are sour. • He wanted those boys to go away.

Quantifiers are determiners that indicate how much or how little of the noun is being discussed e. g. -- all, few and many For example: • He took all the books. • She liked all desserts equally. • Few children like lima beans, so the cafeteria stopped serving them. • Many kittens are taught to hunt by their mothers.

Possessives When referring to a noun that belongs to someone or something, you can use possessive pronouns to show ownership. Possessive pronouns include my, your, his, her, its, our, and their. For example: • Where is your car? • The dog growled and showed its teeth. • My best friend is a cat. • Which one is house? • Honesty is her best quality. • The tree shed its leaves. • It's our secret recipe.

IMPORTANT POINTS • Determiners always come first in the noun phrase. • Determiners are required with singular nouns. • To speak about a singular noun generally, use an indefinite article (a or an) • To speak about a plural noun generally, do not use a determiner. • To speak about a singular noun specifically, use a definite article, demonstrative pronoun, possessive pronoun or quantifier. • To speak about a plural noun specifically, use a definite article, demonstrative pronoun, possessive pronoun or quantifier.