Determiners
Definition: Determiners are word used before a noun to specify quantity (e-g. "one dog
"many dogs") or to clarify what the noun phrase refers to (e.g. "my dog", this dog', "that
dog"etc.). All determiners can be classified as one of the foliowing:
An article (a/an, the)
A demonstrative (this, that, these, those)
A quantifier (many, more, much, some, most etc.)
Example :
Radha is a singer.
He wants to be an actor.
The man was blind.
This-pen is very expensive.
Have you any book of philosophy.
There is some rice in the bowl.
Types of determiners:
1. Article (a, an, the)
2. Demonstrative determiners/adjective (this, that, those, these)
3. Possessive determiner/adjective (my, our, your, his, her, its, their etc.)
4. Quantifiers determiner/adjective (some, any, much, all, both, few, little, each, every,
either, neither, one, two, first, second, a few, a little, many etc.)
Articles
Articles are members of a group of words called determiners that are used before nouns.
Articles are divided into two different categories:
Indefinite Articles (a/ an)
Definite Articles (the)
Indefinite Articles
A girl likes a toy.
A dog is an animal
Things to be remember:
1. a/an is always used before singular countable noun.
2. If singular countable noun starts with consonantsound then 'a' is used before noun.
Definition: Determiners are word used before a noun to specify quantity (e-g. "one dog
"many dogs") or to clarify what the noun phrase refers to (e.g. "my dog", this dog', "that
dog"etc.). All determiners can be classified as one of the foliowing:
An article (a/an, the)
A demonstrative (this, that, these, those)
A quantifier (many, more, much, some, most etc.)
Example :
Radha is a singer.
He wants to be an actor.
The man was blind.
This-pen is very expensive.
Have you any book of philosophy.
There is some rice in the bowl.
Types of determiners:
1. Article (a, an, the)
2. Demonstrative determiners/adjective (this, that, those, these)
3. Possessive determiner/adjective (my, our, your, his, her, its, their etc.)
4. Quantifiers determiner/adjective (some, any, much, all, both, few, little, each, every,
either, neither, one, two, first, second, a few, a little, many etc.)
Articles
Articles are members of a group of words called determiners that are used before nouns.
Articles are divided into two different categories:
Indefinite Articles (a/ an)
Definite Articles (the)
Indefinite Articles
A girl likes a toy.
A dog is an animal
Things to be remember:
1. a/an is always used before singular countable noun.
2. If singular countable noun starts with consonantsound then 'a' is used before noun.
