Short video about determiners

Comment below 4 sentences that have any of the determiners : 

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Numbers

are determiners when they appear before a noun . 

-Julian have seven books .

-May and Jonny have two children .

-Marieanne likes two ice cream from that store.

Ordinals

are determiners when they appear before a noun . 

-first love

- second place

-third place

it also included 

-last

-latter

-next

-previous

-subsequent

Comment below 2 sentences that have numbers and ordinals determiners :

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QUANTIFIERS
to state precisely or suggest approximately the amount or the number of a noun

SOME & ANY
used when it is not easy , necessary or important to say the exact number . Use for both countable and uncountable nouns

• SOME + COUNTABLE NOUNS 'some' means 'a few'

There are some cards in my bag
These are some apples my mom bought

• SOME + UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

There is some dust on the floor

I brought along some fruits in my bag

• ANY + COUNTABLE NOUNS 'any' often used in negative statement or question

There aren't any people in the room

There aren't any ice cream at his house

Are there any cake at your house?

No , there arent any cake at my house

•  ANY + UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

There isn't any water in the bottle

Is there any cookie on the table ?

No , there isn't any bread on the table

MUCH & MANY

to express a large quantity

Positive :

I have many papers

She has got much influence on you

There are many teacher in the office

Negative :

There isn't much milk in the bottle

There aren't many student in the class

I dont have much time left

HOW MUCH & HOW MANY

use 'how many' with plural nouns

use how much with uncountable nouns

How many books?

How many siblings?

How many doors?

How much money ?

How much air?

A FEW & A LITTLE
to express a small quantity . It usually expresses positive idea

I  have a few books at home. We can read together
We have a little cheese left . We can make a cake


A LOT OF
to express a large quantity . ' A lots of ' is an informal form of ' a lot of '

There is a lot of orange juice in the jug
There are a lot of cars in the city

She has lots of flower in her garden
I have lots of paper at home




Quantifiers used singular count nouns

• every
• each
• either
• neither

Quantifiers used with plural count nouns

• a few
• fewer
• many
• several
• a number of
• plenty of
• a lot of / lots of
• enough
• any
• some

Quantifiers used with non-count nouns

• plenty of
• a lot of / lots of
• enough
• any some
• a little
• less/ more
• much
• a bit of

INTERROGATIVE 

formulate direct or indirect questions and exclamations .

• what
• which
• whose

Direct Question

- What do want for dinner tonight?

- Which shoes do you want to buy?

- Whose book is that you are holding?

Indirect Question

- For dinner tonight what do you want to eat ?

- You want to buy which shoes?

- You are holding whose book ?

Exclamations

- For dinner tonight what do you want to eat !

- You want to buy which shoes!

- You are holding whose book !

Note : Indirect questionand exclamations are identical in grammatical structure.

Comment below 2 sentences that use each quantifiers and interrogative :

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DEFINITION OF DETERMINER


Words which come at the beginning of the noun phrase . They tell us whether the noun phrase is specific or general

-group A determiners . Help to identify things-

• ARTICLES
• DEMONSTRATIVE
• POSSESSIVE

ARTICLES

-indefinite = a or an
-definite = the
-zero = -
-come before a noun, and before an adjective + noun Example : a car , a big car

are not used before names of people or places
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A or An

-used when the nouns are specific.
A tree is burning 
we dont know which tree because its general

-used with singular count nouns
a dog , an apple

A is used when the first sound of the noun is not a vowel
a sheep , a book 

An is used when the first sound is a vowel a , e , i , o , u
an apple , an orange 


The

-used when the nouns are specific .
The car in front of the house is moving 

-used with singular and plural count nouns
The oranges taste good

-used with non-count nouns
The hair


Zero (-)

-used when the nouns are not specific 
I like flowers

-used with plural count nouns
Oranges taste good

-used with non-count nouns
Water is important




DEMONSTRATIVES

They tell us whether an object is close to you , or far away.

• DISTANCE

THIS & THESE
talking about something close to you

This is my bag
The bag is close to you

Are these books yours?
The books are close you

I like this film
I am watching it now . It is close in time



THAT & THOSE
talking about something father away 

That is my car
The car is down the street

I like those rings
The rings are over there

I liked that song
I heard the song last week . It is far away ni time

• SINGULAR AND PLURAL

use a different demonstrative depending on whether the noun is singular or plural


THIS & THAT
the noun is singular


This book
You are talking about one book

That house
You are talking about one house


THESE & THOSE
noun is plural


Those books
You are talking about many books

Those houses
You are talking about many houses


POSSESSIVE
to refer to possession and belonging . We use the possessive determiners before noun

my , your , his , her , its , our , their

That is not their house
The house belongs to a group of people

It was his fault
He made the mistake




Comment below 3 sentences that use each articles , demonstratives and possessive :