Short discussion about determiners and its types

2. • words which introduce a noun
• can be found before a noun
Example:
The My
That Five

3. 1. Articles
2. Demonstratives
3. Possessives
4. Quantifiers

4. • definite article (the)
• indefinite article (a or an)
• Nouns can be found with or
without articles.

5. Dogs need to be walked every day.
The dogs need to be walked every day.
A dog needs to be walked every day.

6. • This, That, These, and Those
• For these words to act as
demonstratives, they must be in
front of a noun.

7. A. That porridge was delicious.
(That is a determiner)
B. That was delicious.
(That is a pronoun)

8. A. Those people were so rude!
(Those is a determiner)
B. Those were awful.
(Those is a pronoun)

9. • My, your, his, her, its, our and
their, before a noun, will be
possessive determiners.
• Mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours and
theirs, on their own, are pronouns
not determiners.

10. 1. My writing is neater than yours.
2. The dog ate its food quickly.
3. His class are so lazy.

11. 4. Her singing was more tuneful
than his.
5. Their team beat ours.
6. It’s not their fault her coat
got lost.

12. • Numbers before a noun are
quantifier determiners.

13. 1. I ate six biscuits.
2. The flat’s on the sixth floor.
3. I saw 2000 ants.

14. • Some
• Many
• More
• Less
• no
• Little
• both
• each
• all
• enough

15. • half
• whole
• every
• any
• much,
• few
• several
• plenty
• lots, a lot
• ample

16. They must be before a
noun otherwise they act
as pronouns.

17. a. Several dogs wandered off.
(determiner)
b. Several wandered off.
(pronoun)

18. c. Most children support Norwich.
(determiner)
d. Most support Norwich.
(pronoun)