Determiners a, The

7/30/2019 Determiners a, The

1/14

Topic Given- Determiners

Done by- Kaushik _ __X_

Guidance By-Savitha mam (English Teacher)


2/14

Do You know what a determiners are?Well after seeing this slide you will be

familiar with determiners.

Determiners :----

Determiners are the words which

determines or decide something aboutthe nouns they modify.


3/14

Determiners are of the 6 types :-----

Diagram showing the types of adjectives :-----


4/14

1) An article is a word that is used for indicating

whether a noun is specific or non-specific.

2) An article is present before a noun, it shows

whether that noun is some general noun or someparticular noun.

Article

Indefinite a

AnDefinite the

Used before non-specific or general

nouns

Used for pointing out specific or

particular nouns


5/14

A boy(Here, the presence of a shows that some general/non-

specific boy is being talked about.)

An elephant(Here, the presence of an shows that some general/non-specific elephant is being talked about.)

The red car(Here, the presence of the shows that some

particular/specific red car is being talked about.)


6/14

Possessive adjectives, also known as possessivedeterminers, are a part of speech that modifies

a noun and act as adjective or quality words.

The possessive always refer to the possessor

Best examples-

1)This is my house. (my is modifying house)2)This is your account. (your is modifying

account


7/14

The words mine, yours, ours ,hers, his and theirs

are called possessive pronouns .

The act same as Possessive adjectives . But theycome after the nouns unlike possessive adjectiveswhich come before the noun.

Ex- 1. This book is mine.2. This house is yours.


8/14

Adjectives of quantity tell how muchor how

many. Some of tem are:

Quantity words Their uses ExamplesSome In offers & to show

small quantity

Would you like some

coffee?

Any With questions & withhard, barely

I havent got any money

Much Uncountable noun Much work is to be done

Many Plural noun Many things are left.

Little scarcity There is little moneyleft

Few A small number A few members were

absent


9/14

Quantity words Uses Examples

All Plural verb and

pronoun

All the boys were

absent.

Every Pronoun and adjective Every man knows his

duties

Both For two nouns Both of them won the

prize

Neither Not one and not the

other

Neither of them knows

the answerAnother Singular countable

noun

I have another cup of

coffee

most Nearly all of a group Most farmers are still

hungry

Other Plural nouns Other people must have

thought like this


10/14

Adjective of number means number is used before

nouns to show its quantity

Ex: There are ten students in row.

Ex: Bring two chairs from there.


11/14

This (These plural) and That (those

plural) are called as Demonstratives.

They point to somebody or something. They tell

us which one.

They can be used both as adjectives and

pronouns.

Ex: 1.This is my pen (Pronoun)2.This pen is mine.(adjective)


12/14

That (plural- those) is used to avoid the

repetition of the preceding noun .

Ex: My shirt is better than that of yours.

This (plural- these)refer to person(s) or thing(s)

near the speaker.

Ex :This book is very interesting.

That (plural- those) refer to person or thing far

from the speaker.

Ex: Get that cat out of here.


13/14

Ques.1> read this extract from a story. Fill in the blanks using correctdeterminers where necessary

I drove on the time machine without changing ______ lever. At last I

stopped; ______ sun was red and very large and ____ huge reddish

rock was there.______ time machine in which I sat, was standing on

____ sloping beach and I saw ____ sea stretch to ____ horizon, but

without any waves. No breath of winds stirred and I began to

breathe very fast and felt _____ oppression in my head. I heard ___

harsh scream then I woke up and found that it was a dream ;)


14/14

Determiners a, The

Documents

Transcript of Determiners a, The