1.

Meaning and definition:

Determiners are words placed in front of a noun to make it clear what the noun refers to.
Examples:
1. She has two dogs and many cats.
2. This shirt I saw in the market yesterday.

2. Types of Determiners:

A. Articles:
Articles are words that define a noun as specific or unspecific.
B. Demonstratives:
This, that, these and those are known are demonstratives; they describe the position of an
object, seen from the speaker’s viewpoint.

Example:
This movie is boring.
That idea is crazy.

Demonstratives

near to us far from us

this that
This book That book
Singular = the book here = the book there

these those
These books Those books
Plural = the books here = the books there

C. Possessives:
We use possessive determiners to show who owns or "possesses" something.
The possessive determiners are: my, your, his, her, its, our, their.
Example:
I do not choose that my grave should be dug while I am still alive.
Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth.

D. Numbers: There are two kinds of numbers– cardinal numbers(one two, thirty forty)
and ordinal numbers( first, second, third, last)
Examples:
 I have one dollar.
 She has three brothers.
 They have fifty days to decide.

E. Quantifiers:
Quantifiers are also determiners which modify a noun to indicate its quantity. The quantifiers
are any, all, many, much, most, some, a few, and a lot of, a little etc.

F. Distributives:
Distributive determiners refer to a group of people or things, and to individual members of
the group. They show different ways of looking at the individuals within a group.

Examples:
Each ticket holder was allowed backstage.
Every house on this street was affected by the fire.
All children need care.
Please put the trash cans on either side of the house.
Neither parent showed up to the meeting.

G. Interrogatives:
• There are five interrogative Determiners in English grammar- what, which, whose,
how much and how many
• They are used to frame a question. Interrogative Determiners usually ask questions
about a noun and are always followed by the noun.
Examples:
• What time did you reach here?
• Which school do you study?
• Whose shirt are you wearing?
3. Practice Exercises:
1. Fill in the blanks with suitable articles:

2. Fill in the blanks with suitable Possessive:

3.
4. Complete the following exercise with correct quantifiers.

1. We are going to be late. There is too (much / many) traffic. Yeah,

the (amount / number) of people driving is incredible. I've never seen these
(much / many) cars.

2. Can you bring soda to the picnic? I don't have (some / any). Yeah, I think
I've got (some / any) left over from the party.

3. How do you feel about your new job? Do you have as (much /many)
responsibilities as you used to?
The job is great. I have about the same (amount / number) of work to do as
before, but I have (less / fewer) stress.

4. How do you think you did on the test? I think I did (little / a little) better
than last time, maybe even (a lot / many) better. What about you? Well, I think
I probably made (little / a few) mistakes, but I have the feeling I did well
overall.

5. Mr. President, do you think (little / many) of your proposed legislation will
be passed during this session? Yes I think (few/ many) of our proposals
will be approved. We're not taking (nothing / anything) for granted,
though. We still have (a great deal of / a great many) work to do.

5. Fill in the blanks with suitable distributives.

6. Choose the appropriate determiners to complete the sentences.
1. Although there were-----witnesses, the number of residents who have been questioned on
this matter is quite small.
many
much
none
plenty

2. The expedition through the old Mayan city was held up because of-----delays in the
delivery of food supplies.
any
several
every
much
3. We only spent-----days in Istanbul; on the first day we visited the famous mosques and on
the other days we just shopped.
a few
no
many
little
4------of the students use their student IDs to enter the building.
All
The whole
Every
much

5. If you ask my opinion,-----of those two dresses are appropriate for the wedding.
some
neither
most
all
6. There aren't students in the library.
Many
Some
Few

7. Fill in the blanks with suitable determiners.

1. vegetables do you want for dinner?
2. Very politicians are really honest.
3. I would like to find books on western philosophy.
4. I don’t have money.
5. We invited friends to our house for a barbecue.
6. The teacher gave the students a paper to write.
7. I have idea what the answer to the question was.
8. I like many of her songs, not of them are good.
9. of my friends sent me their birthday wishes.
10. the shops are closed on Sundays.
11. I gave plant some water.
12. The festival is held August in Budapest