Determiners and pronouns 1

1. Some and any (a/an)

a. He’s got a bag He’s got some luggage.
b. There is a bag. There are some bags. There is some luggage.
c. He hasn’t got any bags. He hasn’t got any luggage.
d. Has he got any bags? Has he got any luggage?
e. Exceptions: Can you buy some crisps? Shall I buy some food?
f. No = Not any. He hasn’t got any bags. He’s got no bags.
g. How much money do you have?
h. How many pencils do you have?

2. Somebody, anybody, nobody, everybody, etc.

a. Somebody, someone, something, somewhere
i. I know somebody in Madrid.
ii. I bought something yesterday.
iii. I want to go somewhere tomorrow.
b. Anybody, anyone, nobody, no-one, anything, nothing, anywhere,
nowhere.
i. I haven’t seen anybody.
ii. I have seen nobody.
iii. I haven’t done anything.
iv. I have done nothing.
v. No-one is coming to your party.
vi. Have you bought anything?
vii. I haven’t bought anything.
viii. I have bought nothing.
ix. I don’t want to go anywhere.
x. I want to go nowhere.
c. Everybody, everyone, everything, everywhere.
i. Everybody loves chocolate.
ii. Everyone loves chocolate.
iii. Everything is blue in my room.
iv. I want to go everywhere in the world.
d. Anybody?, anything?, anywhere?
3. Much, many, a lot, a few, a little, a couple of , several
a. He’s got a lot of bags. He’s got lots of bags. He’s got a lot of
luggage. He’s got lots of luggage.
b. He’s only got a few bags. He’s only got a little luggage.
c. He hasn’t got many bags. He hasn’t got much luggage.
d. Has he got many bags? Has he got much luggage?
e. How many bags has he got? How much luggage has he got?
f. He’s got a couple of bags. He’s got several bags.
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1. Possessive ’s , of
a. We use ’s with people and animals
i. The boy’s bedroom was extremely untidy.
ii. The dog’s teeth are incredibly sharp.
b. We use ’s with expressions:
i. I missed last night’s show.
ii. I missed the show of last night.
c. We usually use ‘of’ with things:
i. What’s the price of that holiday?
d. Sometimes, we omit the second noun when it is a home or a
business:
i. I stayed at Alvaro’s.
ii. He works at the newsagent’s.
iii. He is at the doctor’s.
iv. He is at the dentist’s.
v. He is going to the chemist’s.
He is going to the florist’s.
e. Singular and plural
i. My cousin’s friends.
ii. My cousins’ friends
iii. My friend’s brother.
iv. My friends’ brother.
v. My child’s book.
vi. My children’s books.
vii. James’s book.
2. Pronouns (subject pronouns, object pronouns, reflexive pronouns,
possessive pronouns, possessive adjectives)

Subject Object Reflexive Possessive Possessive

pronouns pronouns pronouns adjectives pronouns
I Me Myself My Mine
You You Yourself Your Yours
He Him Himself His His
She Her Herself Her Hers
It It Itself Its x
We us Ourselves Our Ours
You You Yourselves Your Yours
They them Themselves Their Theirs
I love her.

I bought him a computer.

I bought a computer for him.

I bought myself a computer.

I bought a computer for myself.

I look at myself in the mirror.

The little bird is cleaning itself next to the river.

I shave every morning.

My son shaved himself for the first time yesterday.

My house is beautiful.

His house is beautiful.

Her son shaved himself for the first time yesterday.

This computer is yours.

Alvaro is a friend of mine.

Alvaro is a friend of hers.

I drove to Madrid by myself.

 She drove to Madrid by herself.

3. There and it + to be
a. There + to be (something/somebody exits – first time)
i. There is a party at Marimar’s. It’s going to be great.
ii. Is there a chemist’s in Lodosa.
b. It’s (second time)
i. There is a newsagent’s in Lodosa. It’s in the city center.
c. It (time, weather, distance)
i. It’s sunny. It’s hot. It’s cold. It’s cloudy.
ii. It’s two o’clock in the afternoon.
iii. It’s ten kilometers from here to the city center.
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1. This, that, these and those

a. This computer is new. This is a good concert.
b. That computer is old. That was a good concert.
c. These pencils are extremely old. These are my friends.
d. Those chairs are really comfortable. Those were my friends.
e. That one, this one, these ones, those ones.
f. The red one.
2. All, most, some, no and none
a. All:
i. All (of) my friends are awesome.
ii. All of them are awesome.
b. Most:
i. Most of my friends are great.
ii. Most people are happy.
c. Some:
i. Some of my friends are incredible.
ii. Some people are incredible.
d. None:
i. None of my friends is/are from France.
3. Both, either, neither
a. Both lights are nice.
b. Both of the lights are nice.
c. Both of them are nice.
d. Either color looks amazing.
e. Either of the colors look/looks amazing.
 f. Either of them look/looks amazing.
g. Neither color looks amazing.
h. Neither of the colors look/looks amazing.
i. Neither of them look/looks amazing.
j. Answers: both of them, either of them, neither of them.

4. Each and every

a. Every star has a light in it.
b. Each star has a light in it.
c. We tried each color on the wall. (different colors)
d. Every room in the hotel has a TV. (rooms are the same)
e. Each room in the hotel has a TV.
f. We can use each of them but not every of them.
g. Every = all (if we don’t talk about time)
i. Every wall is blue.
ii. All the walls are blue.
h. Every ≠ all (time)
i. They go to a different place every week.
ii. They spent all week in my room.