What is a Determiner ? | English Grammar | Types of Grammar

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Determiners 


A Determiner is a word that comes before the noun (or noun phrase). It tells us whether the noun is specific or general. 

Ex... I like this blue car 
        The dog with the long tail.
         I had a burger for my tea.

Types of Determiners 
 
Article  Possessive  Demonstratives 

a            my, your        this 
an          his, her          that 
The        it's, our          these  
              their, whose  those 


  Articles 

An articles is a word that comes before a noun. 
The boy.
A bee.
An apple 
   
                      Articles
 _______________|_______________
|                                                     |
A                        An                     The
Indefinite      Indefinite     Definite
Article            Article            Article 

 
Using 'A', 'An',  € 'The' 
'A', 'an', and 'the' are special words called articles. Each are used in specific situations. 

(A)   • Used with singular nouns 

        • Comes before words that begin with a consonant 

a friendly smile   a piece of gum  a dragon 

(An)  • Used with singular nouns 

           • come before words that begin with a vowel 

an orange   an enormousmos moustache  

(The)  • Used with singular or plural nouns 

             • often used to identify a particular person, place or thing among many 

the oak trees   the kitchen   the lamp 


The choice between a and an is determined by sound. The following words begin with a vowel but do not start with a vowel sound : a university, a one rupee coin 

So here a is used before the noun that starts with a vowel. 

Similarly we have some words that start with a consonant but have a vowel sound: an hour, an heir 

Here an is used before the noun that starts with a constant.  

   Possessive  Determiners 

• Words like my, our, your, his, her, it and there are come known as possessive determiners. They come before nouns and indicate ownership of the noun in question, as their names suggest : 
    My leg hurts.
    Moiz sold his house.
    Bring your books with you.
    She took her cake. 

  Demonstratives 
• The demonstratives this, that, these ,those,show where an object or person is in relation to the speaker.
• This (singular) and these (plural) refer to an object or person near the speaker. 
That (singular) and those (plural) refer to an object or person away from the speaker. It can be a 
 physical closeness or distance as in :
 Who owns that house ? (distant)
 Is this Tashfeen's house ? (close) 

That is my house

  That 
   To Describe something far from you  

Singular = This is an apple 
                     That is an apple
Plural = These are apples 
                 Those are apples 

 Note ... 

That (in case of plural: Those) : It is also used to avoid repetition of preceding nouns in a sentence. 

eg. My bat is better than that of my friend. 

Our engineers are better than those of US. 


Ordinal Numbers 

We normally add a to the end of a cardinal number to make it an ordinal number. Be careful of the speeling exceptions below: 

1st  First 

2nd Second 

3rd third 

4th fourth 

5th fifth 

6th sixth 

7th seventh

8th eighth

9th ninth 

10th tenth 

Uses of Ordinal Numbers 

Dates: Her Birthday is on the '29th'. 

Centuries: Shakespeare was born in the '16th' century. 

Sequence/order: My team came 'second' in the league 

Floors of a Building: His office is on the 'tenth' floor. 


     QUANTUFIERS 

Count                         Uncount 

A Book                    Some Water  

Some Books           Much water 

Any Books           How much water ?

A lot of many Books    Enough water 

A few Books             A little water 

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