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What is a determiner?

A determiner is a word that comes before a noun and gives extra information about the noun. A determiners tells you if it a general thing or a specific thing.

Example:

There is a chicken. There is one chicken. There is the chicken.

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We can class determiners into seven different categories.

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Determiner type 1: articles

Definite and indefinite articles In a sentence: I love to go into your kitchen, so I can browse through all of the recipe books. The is a specific determiner: it refers to a particular noun/s that the speaker thinks the listener knows about e.g. the recipe books. Definite –

the

In a sentence: When I first got to the zoo, I saw there was an elephant eating grass. A and an are general determiners: they refer to one non-specific noun that the speaker thinks the listener does not know about e.g. a chick or an elephant. Indefinite -

an a

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Determiner type 2: quantifiers

These words give us more information about how many of the noun there are without giving a specific number. In a sentence: You have had several/lots of/some/many/enough sweets now, so put the rest away!

Example:

all several much every more less any few lots of some enough many little

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Determiner type 3: numbers

Cardinal numbers - give specific information about exactly how many of the noun there are. In a sentence: We are delighted to announce there were thirty-five applications.

Example:

• ne

two five eighteen twenty-nine

• ne hundred

thousands two million

Ordinal numbers refer to distribution of the noun. In a sentence: This will be my first/third/next/last slice of pizza!

Example:

first second third last next finally

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Recap task 1

Identify the determiners in the following sentences and state what type of determiners they are. 1.Several of the football team are coming over to watch a film tonight. 2.Twenty-eight days are in the month of February, but sometimes there is an extra day!

M T W T F S 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 25 26 27 28 29

FEBRUARY

S 2 9 16 23

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Identify the determiners in the following sentences and state what type of determiners they are. twenty-eight – cardinal number the – definite article an – indefinite article

• 2. Twenty-eight days are in the month of February, but sometimes there is an extra day!
• 1. Several of the football team are coming over to watch a film tonight.

twenty-eight – cardinal number the – definite article an – indefinite article

Recap task 1

ANSWERS

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Determiner type 4 - distributive

In a sentence: Unsurprisingly, all of the school council voted against shortening lunch time.

Example:

either both all half neither each every any

This type of determiner is used to give more specific information about a group or individual members

• f the group. They tell us how people or things are distributed or shared.

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Determiner type 5: possessive adjectives

In a sentence: Don’t worry, I’m going in his/our/their/your car.

Example:

her his

• ur

my your their its

These types of determiners tell us who the noun belongs to.

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Determiner type 6: demonstrative

In a sentence: Would you like these/those trainers, Mario?

Example:

this that these those

Demonstrative determiners are used to demonstrate the identity of a noun.

THERE HERE

ONE TWO +

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Determiner type 7 – defining words

In a sentence: Whose tickets are these?

Example:

what which whose

These types of determiners are used to ask a question about a noun – the determiner indicates which person or thing is being referred to. When used as a determiner, – Which asks about a specific group of people or things. – What asks a general question about a noun. – Whose asks a question about possession of a noun.

ADMIT ONE

ADMIT ONE

ADMIT ONE

ADMIT ONE

ADMIT ONE ADMIT ONE

ADMIT ONE ADMIT ONE

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Recap task 2

Identify the determiners in the following sentences and state what type of determiners they are.

• 1. Both teams are going to use those buses waiting by the entrance.
• 2. Which jumper should I wear to his party?

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Identify the determiners in the following sentences and state what type of determiners they are.

• 1. Both teams are going to use those buses waiting by the entrance.

both - distributive those – demonstrative which - defining word his – possessive adjective

• 2. Which jumper should I wear to his party?

Recap task 2

ANSWERS

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Task

Write one paragraph and use at least two determiners in each sentence. Please underline your determiners. Underneath draw a table and classify the determiners you have used. Challenge Cut out and then construct the table to show you know all of the different types of determiners and their examples. Identify and circle determiners used in each of the sentences. Underneath, classify what type

• f determiners are used.

Task one Task two