This document defines and provides examples of different types of determiners in English. It discusses specific and general determiners such as definite and indefinite articles, demonstratives, possessives, quantifiers, and wh-words. Determiners precede and modify nouns to indicate definiteness or indefiniteness, quantity, or possession. They help clarify the noun's reference and include words like "the", "a", "some", and possessives.

1. DETERMINERS

2. DETERMINERS
It indicates reference to
something specific or something
of a particular type and is used in
every case to clarify the noun.
It determines / modifies a
Noun / Noun Phrase

3.  A word that introduces a noun.
Indicates reference to something specific
or something of a particular type.
DETERMINERS VS.
PRONOUNS
EXAMPLE EXAMPLE

4. DETERMINERS VS. adjectives
Both signals that a noun will follow but;
Adjectives may add its comparative (er-) and
superlative (-est) form while determiners
cannot add these inflectional morphemes
because they don’t have other forms or
synonyms.
Determiner + noun tea
the tea some tea our tea this tea
Adjective + noun tea
Good tea tasty tea delicious tea

5. DETERMINERS
Determiners are
followed by a noun.
For example
The car
This dress
Some men

6. Specific
Determiners
Specific
Determiners
General
Determiners
General
Determiners

7. • The specific determiners are:
 The definite article: the
 Demonstratives: this, that, these,
those
 Possessives: my, your, his, her,
its, our, their, Subhasree’s pen
Note: Your is used both for
singular and plural possessive.

8.  INDEFINITE
ARTICLE
 QUANTIFIERS
 WH-WORDS
When you are
mentioning people
or things for the
first time, or
talking about them
generally without
saying exactly
which ones you
mean, you use a
general
determiner.
Examples:
• There was a
man in the lift.
• We went to an
art exhibition.
• You can stop at
any time you
like.

9. TYPES OF DETERMINERS
•ARTICLE
•DEMONSTRATIVE
•WH-WORDS
•QUANTIFIER
•POSSESSIVES

10. TYPES OF DETERMINERS
DEFINITE ARTICLE
The definite article in English, for both
singular and plural nouns, is ‘the’.
For example- A baby was playing with
his toys in his room. The toys were
scattered all over the room.
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11. TYPES OF DETERMINERS
INDEFINITE ARTICLE
An indefinite article indicates that its
noun is not a particular one (or ones)
identifiable to the listener.
It may be something that the speaker
is mentioning for the first time.

12. TYPES OF DETERMINERS
INDEFINITE ARTICLE
Its precise identity may be
irrelevant or hypothetical.
The speaker may be making a
general statement about any such
thing.

13. TYPES OF DETERMINERS
INDEFINITE ARTICLE
English uses a/an, from the Old
English forms of the number 'one', as
its primary indefinite article.
The form ‘an’ is used before words
that begin with a vowel sound (even if
spelled with an initial consonant, as
in an hour).

14. TYPES OF DETERMINERS
INDEFINITE ARTICLE
 ‘A’ is used before words that begin
with a consonant sound (even if
spelled with a vowel, as in a
European).
For example -She had a house so
large that an elephant would get lost
without a map.

15. Examples:
a. I have a friend in Canada.
b. Maria saw an unidentified flying object
(UFO) last night.
c. Datu Ben heard a foot steps coming
from the kitchen but nobody was there.
2. Demonstratives – this, that, these and
those. They can also be used as a
pronoun.

16. TYPES OF DETERMINERS
DEMONSTRATIVE
DETERMINERS
A demonstrative
determiner modifies a noun:
These flowers are beautiful.
I like those houses.

17. TYPES OF DETERMINERS
A demonstrative pronoun stands
on its own, replacing rather than
modifying a noun:
This is good.
I like those.

18. TYPES OF DETERMINERS
QUANTIFIERS
A quantifier, as the name signifies,
expresses how much / how many of
something exists/exist. Quantifiers are
followed by nouns which they modify.
Examples of quantifiers include: some, any,
few, little, more, much, many, each, every,
both, all, enough, half, little, whole, less
etc.

19. TYPES OF DETERMINERS
QUANTIFIERS
Some quantifiers work with countable
nouns but not with uncountable nouns.
For example- “many horses,” but not
“many water”. Others are used only
with mass nouns. For example-“little
water”

20. 4. Quantifiers- some, any, few, little,
more, much, many, each, every,
both, all, enough, half, little, whole,
less etc.
Examples: There were many people in
the street.
Little knowledge is a
dangerous thing.

21. TYPES OF DETERMINERS
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22. TYPES OF DETERMINERS
POSSESSIVES
Possessive determiners modify the
noun following it in order to show
possession. For example- my, your,
his, her, its, our, your, their etc.
This is my house. (my is a possessive
determiner. It is followed by the
noun house which it modifies)

23. Possessives
Possessive pronouns (mine, his, hers,
yours, ours, their) can stand alone
and are not followed by nouns.
Possessive determiners (my, your,
his, her, its, our, your, their) , on the
other hand, are followed by nouns.