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Types of Determiners

Articles a, an, the

my, your, his, her,


Possessiv its, our, their, whose
e
this, that, these,
Demonstratives those

Numerals one, two, three, four

first, second, third,


Ordinals fourth

a few, another, several,


Quantifiers much, many, a lot of,
some, very

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Determiners
Used before countable nouns
Determiners used
before countable Purpose Example
nouns

Many
to express variety or I have many friends in
quantity college.

There are so many


So many
to express a large
nice clothes at this
quantity or extent
shop.
to express extremely Kate has too many
Too many large quantity but in Shoes in her
a negative sense cupboard.

How many
How many bottles of
to ask questions
water should I buy?

to express small
Few
quantity or extent Aslam has few socks
but in a negative left for winters.
sense
to express small
I will borrow a few
A few
quantity or extent
books from the library
but in a positive
tomorrow.
sense

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Determiners
Used before countable nouns
Determiners used
before count & Purpose Example
uncountable nouns

to express an I want to go
Somewhere uncertain place somewhere .

Please
to express an send someone who has
Someone uncertain person knowledge about
computers.

to express an
Something is wrong
Something uncertain object or
with my phone.
feeling

to express an
uncertain amount in I don’t want to buy
Any negative sentences any DVDs.
and questions

to express an They are not


Anywhere uncertain place going anywhere.

to express an Do you anyone see in


Anyone
uncertain place the shop?

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