determiners of english grammar class 8 .pptx

deteriners engish grammar

1. TOPIC:DETERMINERS BY:Anhad 8 th B

2. DEFINATION ON DETERMINERS: Determiners are used with nouns to clarify the noun. Determiners are word such as: the,my,this,some,twenty,each,any,which are used before nouns. The type of determiner used with depends on the type of noun. Singular noun: Always need a determiner Plural noun: The determiner is {optional} Uncountable noun: The determiner is also {optional}

3. Determiners include the following common types: Articles: a,an,the Demonstratives: this,that,these,those Possessives: my,your,his,her,etc. Quantifiers: few,some,many,etc . Numbers: one,two,three,etc . Ordinals: first,second,1 st ,2 nd ,3 rd , last,next,etc .

4. *Articles A/an  and  the  are articles. They are a type of determiner and they go before a noun . A/an  before a noun shows that what is referred to is not already known to the speaker, listener, writer and/or reader {it is the indefinite article} :

5. A: Do you live in   a   house ? B: No, actually, I live in   an   apartment . The  before a noun shows that what is referred to is already known to the speaker, listener, writer and/or reader { it is the definite article}: Where did we park  the  car?   (The speaker and the listener know what car is being referred to.) We had to paint  the  apartment before we sold it.   (The speaker and the listener know what apartment is being referred to.) The  makes a noun specific.

6. This, that, these  and  those  are demonstratives. We use  this, that, these  and  those  to point to people and things.  This  and  that  are singular.  These  and  those  are plural. We use them as determiners and pronouns. * Determiners We use  this  and  that  with singular and uncountable nouns: Try to repeat  this  exercise every morning and evening.   { this  + singular countable noun} What does  this  music make you think of?   { this  + singular uncountable noun} I’ve never been to  that  part of France.   { that  + singular countable noun} Can I have some of  that  juice, please?   { that  + singular uncountable noun}

7. We use  these  and  those  with plural nouns: You can use any one of   computers. { these  + plural noun} I need to paint  windows.   { those  + plural noun}   * Possessive We use apostrophe  s  ( ’s ), also called possessive  ’s , as a determiner to show that something belongs to someone or something : Is that Olivia ’s  bag? Britain ’s  coastline is very beautiful.

8. * Quantifiers: A quantifier is a word or phrase used to talk about quantities, amounts or degree. They can be used with a noun {as a determiner} or without a noun {as a pronoun} .   Is there any cheese?   { any  as a determiner}   Yes, there's a little.   { a little  as a pronoun} Click on a topic to learn more about quantifiers.

9. * Numbers There are different ways of talking about dates, measurements, numbers and time . When we use the word  number , we refer to specific numbers: Here’s the phone  number  of the firm where she works. She plays in the local hockey team and wears the  number  seven.

10. We also use the phrases  a number of ,  numbers of  or  the number of  with a plural verb when we mean ‘many’ or ‘several ’: There are  a number of  things we need to discuss. A  significant  number of  people are ill with flu so the performance had to be cancelled. Large  numbers of  bees have died because of the cold summer. I couldn’t believe  the number of  cars that were parked outside the hall.

11. * Ordinals: a  number  such as 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, that  shows  the  position  of something in a  list  of things: Fifth and 200th are ordinal  numbers . Examples: He had the first rank in the class . She was the last person to leave that store.