This document defines and provides examples of different types of determiners: articles, demonstrative adjectives, possessive adjectives, interrogative adjectives, distributive adjectives, and adjectives of quantity. Articles include a/an and the and indicate nouns as singular/plural or specific/general. Demonstrative adjectives include this/that/these/those and indicate proximity. Possessive adjectives like my/your/his show ownership. Interrogative adjectives include whose/which/what and are used in questions. Distributive adjectives like each/every/either/neither refer to separate items in a group. Adjectives of quantity include some

1. E N G G R A M M E R
1. Determiner:

2. Definition
 Determiner’ is a word used before a noun to
indicate which things or people we are talking about.
The words ‘a’, ‘the‘, ‘my’, ‘this’, ‘some’, ‘many’, etc.
are called determiners:
 Ex....
 He is a good boy.
 The boy you met is my friend.
 This novel is very interesting.
 I have some information about the accident.
 There were many people at the station

3. Kinds of Determiners
Kinds Of Determiners

4. Article
 Ex:
 She is a good friend of mine
 Eating an apple a day good for health
 You all are invited to the function
 A,or An is used before a noun to indicate it as one in
number and is general ( not special)
 While ‘ The ‘ is used before a noun to make it
particular or specific

5. Demonstrative Adjectives
 Ex:
 This Instituite is famous for an MBA
 These flowers are fresh
 Bring me that chair
 Those mangoes are all ripe
 ( this that , these and those ) show whether the noun
they refer to is singular or plural whether it is
located near or far from the speaker . They are used
immediately before a noun

6. Possessive Adjective
 EX:
 My computer is not working as fast as it worked in the
beginning.
 Your Children are Lovely
 He left his book in the car (She left her book in the
school)
 Their Farm produce pumpkins
 The possessive adjectives are my, our, your, his,
their, her, and its.
 possessive adjective sits before a noun (or a pronoun) to
show who or what owns it.

7. Interogative Adjectives
 EX:
 Whose book was that?
 Which pen do you like more?
 What books are you buying today?
 Whose houses are those
 How much money do you have
 An interrogative adjective describes a noun that is
used in a question , are used before a noun in a
sentence to ask questions related to the noun

8. Distributive Adjectives
 EX:
 Every student is asked to bring a jotter.
 On either side of the canal there were long fields of
barley.
 Neither of the two men is trustworthy.
 I have invited every friend I have
 A distributive adjective is a describing word that refers to
separate things. Distributive adjectives such as, “each,”
“every,” “either,” “neither,” and “any,” are
describing words that refer to specific things out of a
group.

9. Adjective of Quantity
 She eats a whole apple daily.
 I ate some rice today.
 He has only little knowledge about this project.
 There is no milk in the glass.
 All the students have passed the exam.
 There is enough water in the canal
 Adjectives showing the quantity of nouns or pronouns
are called adjectives of quantity : some, any, little,
much, enough, sufficient, insufficient, all, whole, great
etc. Used before a noun indicate the “quantity ‘answer
the question how much?. Insentence