DETERMINER & INTERJECTION

Desi Puspitasari (20101050062)

Yumna Salma Fa’izah (20101050076)
DETERMINER
•Definition
•Function

•Types
WHAT ARE DETERMINERS IN ENGLISH?
Determiners are words that introduce a noun. Determiner always comes before
noun, not after, it also comes before any other adjectives used to describe the noun.

The function of determiners is to ‘express reference’. For example, when one says
‘that girl’, the listener knows which girl is being referred to.

Examples:
I didn’t bring the book I borrowed last week. Explanation: the (determiner) book
(noun)
There is a chocolate cake. Explanation: a (determiner) chocolate (adjective)
cake (noun)
TYPES OF DETERMINERS

01 02 03 04
ARTICLES DEMONSTRATIVES POSSESSIVES QUANTIFIERS
ARTICLES
Articles are among the most common of the determiners. There are two types of articles. They are indefinite articles and
definite articles.

A and an are indefinite articles and are used when you are talking about a general version of the noun. Please note that
they cannot be used interchangeably, because ‘a’ is only used before words that begin with consonants while ‘an’ is used
before words that begin with vowels.

Examples:
A dog is a good pet.
An elephant is the strongest and largest animals.

Both sentences are talking about dogs and elephants in general.

On the other hand, ‘the’ is a definite article, meaning the speaker is referring to a specific noun and is used to discuss
something that is already known by the reader/listener.

Examples:
We went to the best restaurant in town.
The dog is barking too loudly.

Here the speaker is referring to a particular dog and a particular restaurant.

Also note that definite articles can be used with singular and
plural nouns while indefinite articles can only be used with
singular nouns. Indefinite articles cannot be used with
uncountable nouns, unlike definite articles that can be used with
both countable and uncountable nouns.
DEMONSTRATIVES
This, that, these and those are known as demonstratives. Demonstratives are used in a
situation in which the speaker can point to the item they mean, making them even more
specific than a definite article.

While this and these refer to objects that close by, that and those refer to objects that are
further away. Note also that this and that are singular while these and those are plural.

Examples:
Whose car is this?
I don’t want to go to that movie.
These black raspberries are sour.
She wanted those boys to go away.
POSSESSIVES
When referring to a noun that belongs to someone or something, you can use
prounouns to show ownership. Possessive pronouns include my, your, his, her, its,
our and their.

Examples:
Where is my key?
It’s none of your business in the first place.
Which one is his house?
Honesty is her best quality.
The lion roared and showed its teeth.
Their parents passed away several years ago.
It’s our secret recipe.
QUANTIFIERS
Quantifiers are determiners (in the form of adjectives or phrases) that serve to answer three
possible questions; how many and how much. They are used to describe quantity.

They include such words as:

→Countable nouns: Answer the question How many? E.g.: many, a few, a number of, several,
etc.
→ Uncountable nouns: Answer the question How much? E.g.: much, a little, a bit of, etc.
→ Some of them are also used with both and answer both questions. For example: no/none,
some, a lot of, enough etc.

We bought many fruits from the shop.

Nana has much knowledge about this topic.
They had a lot of fun in the party.
There was a lot of people in the movie.
Here is the list of more examples of quantifers.
 KEEP IN MIND!
Do not use or mix article, demonstrative and possessive in one sentence.
We can say my friend, a friend or that friend, but not a my friend or that
Ann’s friend. The only way we can mix them up is by using Double
Genetive or Double Possessive.
determiner + noun + of + possessive

For example:
She’s a friend of mine.
How’s that brother of yours?
INTERJECTION
Definition and Function
Use of Interjections
 WHAT ARE INTERJECTIONS?
Hmm.. Is this correct?
Interjections are small words that bear no grammatical connection
with sentences in which they are used. They express emotions and
sentiments such as joy, anger, amazement and surprise of the
speaker or convey hesitation or protest. They are usually followed by
an exclamation mark or comma.

Interjections are hardly used in academic or scholarly writing,

unless they are a part of a direct quote because they are mainly
written forms of actual sounds that were produced by humans.
 USE OF INTERJECTIONS

Interjections commonly can be found at the beginning of a sentence. However, it's not a set rule. In fact, you can place
emotion words throughout a sentence at the beginning, middle or end.

Beginning of sentences

“Whoa, slow down there, Nana!”(used to express surprise, interest, or alarm.)

“Oh dear! Does it hurt?” (expression of pity, concern and worry)
“Hmmm… I’ll think about it.” (used to express the action of thinking, doubt or hesitate, suspicion and request of
clarification.)
“Ouch! It hurts!” (expression of pain)
Middle or End of Sentences

If an interjection appears in the middle of a sentence, offset it with two

commas.

“Look at you, my gosh, you’re such a mess.”

“The office can handle, well, four hundred applications per day.”

If it appears at the end, offset it with one comma.

“You didn’t go to school yesterday, hmm?”

The interjection “hmm” used in the sentence above is to express suspicion or request
clarification.
There are literally hundreds, if not thousands of interjections in the English language. Most are designed to
express strong emotions, such as love, hate, surprise, happiness, anger, boredom, disgust, confusion or
unhappiness. Here is the list and more examples of interjections.
It should be noted once again that interjections in English are not connected to the rest of the sentence and do not have
grammatical rules with other words. It means that even if you remove the interjection in the sentence, the sentence can
stand alone and is grammatically correct.
THANK YOU!