2. • Introduction
• Types of Determiners
• Specific Determiners
• Extra Information

3. • Determiners are placed at the beginning of a
noun group.
• Determiners are placed in front numbers and
adjectives.
• Examples:
• He met the three French girls in Dallas.
• My new garage is being painted.
• Can you give me another example?
• Several new gadgets were presented at the show.

4. Specific General
Determiners Determiners

5. • Specific determiners
 The definite article: the
 Demonstratives: this, that, these, those
 Possessives: my, your, his, her, its, our, their
 Note: ‘your’ is used both for the singular and
plural possessive.
• Specific determiners are used when
 The people or things you are talking about
have already been mentioned.
 It’s clear which ones you mean
• Examples:
 The teacher began to walk towards the
 student.
 Old people don’t like those movies.
 His leg was very sore.

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

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

8. • The general determiners are:
 A  An
 Both  Either
 Few  Some
 More  Neither
 Fewer  Less
 Much
 Other
 Another
 All
 Little
 Most  Enough
 Each  Any
 Several  Every

9. • Each general determiner is used with particular
types of noun. You use some general determiners with:
 Singular  Plural count  Uncountable
count nouns: nouns: nouns:
o A o All o All
o Enough o Enough
o Another o Many
o Little
o Each o No
o Some o Most
o Every
o Any o No
o No o Few o Any
o Neither o More o Less
Any o Other
o o More
o Both
o Either o Fewer o Much
o an o Several o Some

10. Examples: Examples: Examples:
o I got a o There were o There was
postcard from few doctors little
Susan. available. applause.
o Any big tin o He spoke o We need
container will many more
do. different information.
o He opened languages.
another shop
last month.

11. • Most determiners are also pronouns, except the, a, an,
every, no and the possessives.
• Examples:
 I saw several in the woods last night.
 Have you got any that I could borrow?
 There is enough for all of us.

12. • You use one as a pronoun instead of a or an, none
instead of no and each instead of every.
• Examples:
 Have you got one?
 There are none left.
 Each has a separate box and number.