english grammar

1. DETERMINERS

2. DETERMINERS
It indicates reference to
something specific or something
of a particular type and is used in
every case to clarify the noun.
It determines / modifies a
Noun / Noun Phrase

3.  A word that introduces a noun.
Indicates reference to something specific
or something of a particular type.
DETERMINERS VS.
PRONOUNS
EXAMPLE EXAMPLE

4. DETERMINERS VS. adjectives
Both signals that a noun will follow but;
Adjectives may add its comparative (er-) and
superlative (-est) form while determiners
cannot add these inflectional morphemes
because they don’t have other forms or
synonyms.
Determiner + noun tea
the tea some tea our tea this tea
Adjective + noun tea
Good tea tasty tea delicious tea

5. DETERMINERS
Determiners are
followed by a noun.
For example
The car
This dress
Some men

6. Specific
Determiners
Specific
Determiners
General
Determiners
General
Determiners

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

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

9. TYPES OF DETERMINERS
•ARTICLE
•DEMONSTRATIVE
•WH-WORDS
•QUANTIFIER
•POSSESSIVES

10. TYPES OF DETERMINERS
DEFINITE ARTICLE
The definite article in English, for both
singular and plural nouns, is ‘the’.
For example- A baby was playing with
his toys in his room. The toys were
scattered all over the room.
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11. TYPES OF DETERMINERS
INDEFINITE ARTICLE
An indefinite article indicates that its
noun is not a particular one (or ones)
identifiable to the listener.
It may be something that the speaker
is mentioning for the first time.

12. TYPES OF DETERMINERS
INDEFINITE ARTICLE
Its precise identity may be
irrelevant or hypothetical.
The speaker may be making a
general statement about any such
thing.

13. TYPES OF DETERMINERS
INDEFINITE ARTICLE
English uses a/an, from the Old
English forms of the number 'one', as
its primary indefinite article.
The form ‘an’ is used before words
that begin with a vowel sound (even if
spelled with an initial consonant, as
in an hour).

14. TYPES OF DETERMINERS
INDEFINITE ARTICLE
 ‘A’ is used before words that begin
with a consonant sound (even if
spelled with a vowel, as in a
European).
For example -She had a house so
large that an elephant would get lost
without a map.

15. Examples:
a. I have a friend in Canada.
b. Maria saw an unidentified flying object
(UFO) last night.
c. Datu Ben heard a foot steps coming
from the kitchen but nobody was there.
2. Demonstratives – this, that, these and
those. They can also be used as a
pronoun.

16. TYPES OF DETERMINERS
DEMONSTRATIVE
DETERMINERS
A demonstrative
determiner modifies a noun:
These flowers are beautiful.
I like those houses.

17. TYPES OF DETERMINERS
A demonstrative pronoun stands
on its own, replacing rather than
modifying a noun:
This is good.
I like those.

18. TYPES OF DETERMINERS
QUANTIFIERS
A quantifier, as the name signifies,
expresses how much / how many of
something exists/exist. Quantifiers are
followed by nouns which they modify.
Examples of quantifiers include: some, any,
few, little, more, much, many, each, every,
both, all, enough, half, little, whole, less
etc.

19. TYPES OF DETERMINERS
QUANTIFIERS
Some quantifiers work with countable
nouns but not with uncountable nouns.
For example- “many horses,” but not
“many water”. Others are used only
with mass nouns. For example-“little
water”

20. 4. Quantifiers- some, any, few, little,
more, much, many, each, every,
both, all, enough, half, little, whole,
less etc.
Examples: There were many people in
the street.
Little knowledge is a
dangerous thing.

21. TYPES OF DETERMINERS
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22. TYPES OF DETERMINERS
POSSESSIVES
Possessive determiners modify the
noun following it in order to show
possession. For example- my, your,
his, her, its, our, your, their etc.
This is my house. (my is a possessive
determiner. It is followed by the
noun house which it modifies)

23. Possessives
Possessive pronouns (mine, his, hers,
yours, ours, their) can stand alone
and are not followed by nouns.
Possessive determiners (my, your,
his, her, its, our, your, their) , on the
other hand, are followed by nouns.