1. The document provides an educational video on determiners in English grammar. It begins by showing a story with incorrect grammar to highlight the importance of determiners. 2. The video then defines determiners as words that signal the coming of a noun and restrict its meaning. It categorizes determiners into 7 types and provides examples of each type. 3. The differences between determiners, adjectives, and pronouns are explained. Determiners always precede nouns and adjectives, cannot be modified, and no more than one can be used per noun phrase.

1. EDUSAT PILOT SOCIETY PRODUCTION
SUBJECT- ENGLISH
CLASS- IX
TOPIC: DETERMINERS
SUPER 1
Determiners
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Show a girl named Sita lying on a bed. Her grandmother is trying to put her to
sleep.
Sita – Amma, every day ma tells me a story in English. I cannot sleep till you tell me
one.
Granny- OK Sita. Today, I’ll tell you a story called “The Milkman and his castle”
(The scene changes to the animation of the following story along with VO)
Show a boy walking along the road carrying a milk-can. He dreams of becoming
rich and living like a king in a castle. Later, a cow hits him. He falls down and
starts crying over spilled milk.
Voice over 1: (Wrong English used on purpose)
There lived the poor milkman in the village. He had a son who was always lost in her
day dreams. One day he was walking along the road to sell milk. He had the can fill of
a milk on her head. He began to dream of a riches he would earn by selling this milk.
He dreamt of becoming richer day by day by selling a milk. One day he would own an
castle. Suddenly the cow hit him. Her can of milk fell down on an road. Few a milk was
spilt and there was hardly some left in the can. A boy started crying.
(The scene changes to the mother-daughter again)
Granny: So Sita, what did you learn from this story?
Sita: Amma, I wasn’t able to understand the story! I am still not able to decide whether
the milkman had a son or a daughter. You have confused me so much.
Granny: (looking embarrassed) Is it? Oh!
CUT TO ANCHOR1:
So did you enjoy the story? I am sure you couldn’t. This was because of incorrect
grammar usage. The boy was made ‘her’, milk was substituted with ‘an’, instead of
using ‘all’, ‘few’ milk was used. Now, let us correct the story and narrate it again to
understand the story and appreciate the importance of proper grammar use.
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2. Cut to MM3 – (Show the same story animation once again but this time with the
following voice-over with correct grammar use)
Voice over with text on screen:
There lived a poor milkman in a village. He had a son who was always lost in his day
dreams. One day he was walking along a road to sell milk. He had a can full of milk on
his head. He began to dream of the riches he would earn by selling this milk. He
dreamt of becoming richer day by day by selling the milk. One day he would own a
castle. Suddenly a cow hit him. His can of milk fell down on the road. All the milk was
spilt and there was hardly any left in the can. The boy started crying.
CUT TO ANCHOR2:
You can notice the difference now. The story is clear enough to be understood. Have
you ever wondered which part of English grammar do these small but important words
belong to? How are they supposed to be used in the correct manner? How can they
be categorized and distinguished? We shall find answers to all these questions
together today as we study another very important entity of English grammar called
DETERMINERS. Here are the learning objectives for this module-
SUPER 2
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
ANCHOR (continues)
After the end of this module, students will be able to
• Define determiners
• List the seven types of determiners
• Give examples of different types of determiners
• Use the correct word order with different types of determiners
• Differentiate between adjectives and determiners
Voice over with text on screen: (Show the shaded text on screen)
Read the following sentences:
She will be given that trophy.
Every individual has the right to speak his mind.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
Those mangoes were not ripe.
There isn’t any water in the well.
Little knowledge is dangerous.
(Show animated kaleidoscopic designs while this voice over continues)
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3. Can you identify the common characteristic of the words given in bold and underlined?
These words determine the position of a noun. Hence they are called determiners.
So,
Determiners are words which signal the coming of a noun in a sentence or A
determiner is used with a noun and restricts the meaning by limiting the
reference of the noun.
They can be categorized into five types-
Types of Determiners
1. Articles
2. Possessives
3. Demonstratives
4. Distributives
5. Number expressions
6. Quantifiers
7. Interrogatives
Let us have a look at each of these with the help of our friend Bunny.
Cut to MM4:
Show a cartoon character (rabbit or any other) called Bunny with lip
movements. The following voice over continues. Each text highlighted in the
accompanying voice over could be shown on a banner in Bunny’s hands.
VO (along with MM4):
The first type of determiners are the Articles – a, an, the
Eg. The boy narrated an amazing story.
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
The second type are the Possessives – my, our, his, her, etc.
Eg. My hands have become dirty.
His notebook was very untidy.
The third type are the Demonstratives – this, that, these, those, etc. They are used to
point out people or things.
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4. Eg. This book is red in colour.
Those children have been punished.
The next one are the Distributives – each, either, every, neither. They refer to each
member of a class separately.
Eg. I met all the children of that school. Each of them is very smart.
We now come to Number expressions – another, many, several, any, some of, a
number of, a lot of, plenty of, one, two, three, first, second, etc. In this case, the
numbers one, two, three etc. are called cardinal numbers.The words first, second,
third, etc. are called ordinal numbers.
Eg. A number of children have gone for picnic.
Many eggs in the carton were already rotten.
The sixth type of determiners is the Quantifiers – much, some, no, any, little, enough,
a lot of, etc.
Eg. They don’t have enough money to go the concert.
He has not taken much water today.
Last, but not the least, we have the Interrogatives – what, which, whose, etc.
Eg. What colour is the fire?
Whose pencil is this?
The Other Types of Determiners are:
• Personal Determiners: we teachers, you guys
• Universal Determiners: all, both
• Distributive Determiners: each, every
• Existential Determiners: some, any
• Disjunctive Determiners: either, neither
• Negative Determiners: no
• Alternative-additive Determiners: another
• Positive Paucal Determiners: a few, a little, several
• Pre-determiners: a type of determiner that can come before a noun with
no interceding preposition. Examples: all, both, half.
• Degree Determiners: many, much, few, little….
• .Sufficiency Determiners: enough, sufficient
CUT TO ANCHOR3:
So we saw the various categories into which determiners are divided. The order of
words also plays an important role in usage of determiners. For instance, let’s take a
sentence.
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5. This is Ram’s book.
We don’t say ‘This is a Ram’s book’.
Hence using the determiners at right places in the correct order is important. In the
next section we focus on how determiners are classified on the basis of word order
and how to use them. Have a look!
Voice over with text on screen:
In terms of word order, there are
Three kinds of determiners:
1. Regular determiners
2. Predeterminers
3. Postdeterminers
Super:
Regular Determiners
VO: (continued)
Articles, demonstratives and possessives are the true determiners. They are called
regular because they usually come before the noun.
Distributives like each, neither, and some of the number expressions and quantifiers
when they occur alone (i.e. not followed by of) share the properties of determiners.
Every man is a free bird in India.
Neither way is feasible.
Rita plans to learn a computer language.
Super:
Predeterminers
As the name suggests,
These are elements that can precede regular determiners.
a. all, both, half, only
b. all, both, half, etc. + of
c. multipliers i.e., once, twice, thrice, double, etc.
d. fractions i.e., one- fourth, two-third, etc
eg. All his dresses are black.( not, His all dresses)
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6. Half of the eggs are rotten.(not, The half of eggs)
Numbers/ quantifiers like a lot of, some of, etc. are also used as predeterminers, as
they can be followed by articles, demonstratives or possessives.
Eg: Some of my relatives stay abroad.
As in the case of determiners, not more than one predeterminer can occur in a noun
phrase. We don’t say:
(Show the following text on the screen and then put a cross on it)
All few boys are present.
Super:
Postdeterminers
VO (continued)
We can also have Postdeterminers in a noun phrase. Some of the post determiners
are the cardinal numbers - one, two, three, etc and the ordinal numbers- first,
second, third, next, etc.
The Postdeterminers are called so because they appear after regular determiners.
For example,
The second last boy is Mita’s son.(not, second last the boy)
Unlike predeterminers and determiners, more than one postdeterminer can also
occur in a noun phrase.
For example,
The last few months, the next day, etc.
CUT TO ANCHOR4:
So we saw how to place the determiners in correct order and hence form proper
sentences. Now we shall focus on the differences between an adjective and a
determiner.
VOICE OVER WITH TEXT ON SCREEN (Show one point of difference at a time,
in synchronization with voice over. Then show the next point, and so on)
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN AN ADJECTIVE AND A DETERMINER
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7. ADJECTIVES DETERMINERS
1. The form of adjectives can 1. Determiners on the other hand
change. have an invariant form.
Eg. Wise wiser wisest Eg. A boy, an apple
2. An adjective can be used 2. A determiner comes only before
before a noun, or as a complement a noun.
‘to be’. Eg. A dress
Eg. A nice dress
This dress is nice.
3. More than one adjective can be 3. Not more than one determiner
used to modify a noun. can be used in a noun phrase.
4. An adjective always comes after 4. A determiner always comes
determiner in a sentence. before an adjective, not after it.
Eg. Her new dress( not, new her Eg. A red pen( not, red a pen)
dress)
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PRONOUN AND A DETERMINER:
• Determiners such as this, all, and some can often occur without a noun. In
traditional grammar, these are called pronouns. There are, however, a
number of key differences between such determiners and pronouns.
1. Pronouns may occur in tag questions. Determiners can't.
1. This is delicious, isn't it?
2. In phrasal verbs, pronouns must appear between the verb and particle.
Determiners may occur after the particle.
1. pick it up
2. pick this up
3. pick up this
3. Pronouns all have distinct genitive forms. Determiners don't.
1. This is mine/yours/theirs.
So we saw the major differences between a determiner, an adjective and a pronoun.
By now I hope you are able to clearly distinguish between the two. Let us take a quick
recap.
Voice over with text on screen:
• A determiner is a word which signals the coming of a noun in a sentence.
• Determiners can be categorized as:
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8. a. articles- a, an, the
b. possessives – my, our, his, etc
c. demonstratives – this, that, those, etc
d. distributives – each, every, either, etc
e. number expressions – another , many, some, a lot of, plenty of, one, two,
three(cardinal numbers)
f. quantifiers – much, some, any, etc
g. interrogatives – what, which, whose
• Subclasses of determiners can also be made in terms of word order:
a. regular determiners
b. predeterminers
c. Postdeterminers
• Adjectives differ from determiners in a lot of aspects like change of form,
determiner always comes before an adjective and not more than one
determiner can be used for one noun phrase.
• Determiners such as this, all, and some can often occur without a noun. In
traditional grammar, these are called pronouns.
EXERCISE
(Show the question and flash the answer after 1-2 seconds)
Which of the two determiners given in the brackets would you use to fill in the
blanks?
1. I have three party dresses, but ________ of them are new. (neither, none)
Ans – none
2. There are two umbrellas here, but _________ of them is mine. (neither,
none)
Ans- neither
3. He owns twelve dogs. _______ of them are Alsatians. (All, Both)
Ans- all
4. She has painted dozens of sceneries. Have you seen ________ of them?
(any, either)
Ans- any
5. Sita and Gita are twins. They _______ play badminton. (all, both)
Ans- both
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9. 6. Each of her friends ________ a university degree. (has, have)
Ans- has
7. Many of the birds in this park _________ here throughout the year. (live,
lives)
Ans- live
8. Both of the children wanted to finish _________ work early. (his, their)
Ans- their
9. Every child should learn from _________ own experiences. (his or her,
their)
Ans- his or her
10. Either of my daughters can lend you _________ racket. (her, their)
Ans- her
What word do you need to complete the sentence?
1. I like my job most ___ the time.
2. None ______ the people I met spoke English.
3. Could you spare me a couple ______ minutes?
In each of the following sentences, indicate whether the highlighted word is a
numeral or a determiner:
1. Five twos are ten Numeral
Determiner
2. Seven is my lucky number Numeral
Determiner
3. Each team consists of Numeral
Determiner
eleven players
4. They've invited me to a Numeral
Determiner
second interview
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10. 5. He was the last to arrive, as Numeral
Determiner
usual
End of the episode (To be declared by the anchor with a pleasant note)
That should be all on Determiners for today. I hope this session was
easy, and informative. Have a good day!
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