Determiners
Type
Determiners
Referring
Determiners
articles A, an, the
demonstrative This, that, these, those
possessives My, your, our, his, her, its,
their, one’s
Quantifying
determiners
Number One, two, four, several,
many,(a) few
quantity Some, much, any, no,
enough, little, lots (of)
ARTICLES
A
An
The
DEMONSTRATIVES
This
That
These
Those
POSSESSIVES
My, Your, His ,
Her, Its, Our,
Their, Whose
NUMERALS
One
Two
Three , four
QUANTIFIERS
A few, another,
Several, Much,
Many, A lot of,
Any, Some, Very
ORDINALS
First,
Second,
Third, fourth
•Specific –It is used when the object
or person we are referring to is clear.
•Example –The , this, that, my, our,
your, his, her, its, their
Determiners
•General –It is used when we talk
about things in general and the
listener does not know actually what
we are referring to.
•Example –a, an , one, every, many,
much, little, few, either, neither
Uses of Determiners
a / an, another, each, either, every,
neither, one
with singular countable nouns
a book
another city
Uses of Determiners
Much , little, a little, less
With uncountable nouns
much love
a little care
Uses of Determiners
both, many, few, a few, two , three, four…
With plural countable nouns
both boys
a few people
Uses of Determiners
all, any, some, enough
with uncountable and plural countable
nouns
some boys
all children
Uses of Determiners
the, any, some, my, your, his, her,
such, no, which, what, whose
with any kind of nouns—singular /
plural; countable / uncountable
no pens
your game
Uses of Determiners
this, that
singular and uncountable nouns
this milk
that library
Uses of Determiners
these, those
plural nouns
these shops
those pelicans